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"  The Biggest Loser&amp;#039;s 15th season ended this past January, crowning Rachel Frederickson its winner following her 155-pound weight loss. And lots of people were unhappy about that, arguing Frederickson had lost too much and looked unhealthy, sending out a bad message and undermining the show&amp;#039;s message, yadda yadda. (Back then I argued all those criticisms were ridiculous, and that&amp;#039;s still the case.)\u00A0 But the show&amp;#039;s producers have taken note of the backlash and are reportedly switching up the format for future seasons so that contestants&amp;#039; weight loss can be &amp;quot;regulated more,&amp;quot; says long-time Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper. Indeed, many folks argued Frederickson had kept to an unhealthily intense training routine in the months between leaving the show&amp;#039;s ranch (aka its set) and the live finale \u2014 a period when the last few contestants work mostly solo to, wait for it, drop as many more pounds as possible.\u00A0Harper told The New York Post producers are currently in meetings and said, &amp;quot;I think you are going to be seeing new rules.&amp;quot;\u00A0 A production spokesperson also told The\u00A0Post this is likely, as staffers apparently &amp;quot;routinely look for ways to improve the show.&amp;quot; (That said, NBC confirmed a new airtime for the show this fall, and it&amp;#039;s now &amp;quot;a sacrificial lamb&amp;quot; placed up against Thursday night football.) It seems likely that changes will include more support and monitoring for the would-be Losers when they&amp;#039;re on their own time, but even feel-good reality TV like The Biggest Loser thrives on competitive personalities, and it&amp;#039;ll be a hard weight loss pill to swallow if they&amp;#039;re told they have to dial back their drive to win.\u00A0 RELATED: All This Controversy Over The New Biggest Loser Winner Is Bullshit Biggest Loser Champion Says &amp;quot;Maybe&amp;quot; She Trained Too Hard, After All Biggest Loser Champion Rachel Frederickson Gained 20 Pounds, Now At Her &amp;quot;Perfect Weight&amp;quot; Follow Alex on  Twitter. Photo credit: Trae Patton / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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