Some say 'Biggest Loser' winner lost too much weight
From left, Rachel Frederickson, David Brown, Bobby Saleem, and host Alison Sweeney on the finale of "The Biggest Loser" in Los Angeles. Fredrickson lost nearly 60 percent of her body weight to win the latest season of "The Biggest Loser" and pocket $250,000. A day after her grand unveiling on NBC, she faced a firestorm of criticism in social media from people who said she went too far. Credit: AP / Trae Patton
Los Angeles voice-over artist Rachel Fredrickson won season 15 of NBC's "The Biggest Loser" Tuesday night, shedding 59.62 percent of her body weight to drop from 260 to 105 pounds, prompting hand-wringing on Twitter.
"She looks anorexic and this was the reaction of the trainers," one person wrote, attaching a screen image of Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper appearing to look concerned at the drastic change.
"So disturbed. Never thought [the show] could be so frightening," wrote another.
Dietitians and nutritionists who spoke with CBS News, however, were divided over whether her 7 1/2-month weight loss was unhealthy.
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