Type: Reality Show
No. of Seasons: 17 (247 episodes)
Duration: 60 mins
Original Release: 2004 - 2020
Cast: Caroline Rhea, Bob Harper
The show revolves around twelve obese participants competing to lose the most amount of weight to win a cash prize. The contestants are guided by dieticians and trainers. This popular show endorses insanely injurious methods to promote weight loss and to a point inculcates body dysmorphia. The show has been revealed to make the contestants resort to diet pills and to even starve them to achieve their goals.