Anne Polta

staff writer

I report and blog on health care for the West Central Tribune in Willmar, Minn.

Articles

The Biggest Loser

'The Biggest Loser': inspiring or unhealthy?

<p>Does <em>The Biggest Loser</em> empower people to lose weight and transform their lives, or does it promote unsafe, unrealistic methods for weight loss? An online debate over the television reality show erupted last week at MedPage Today in response to a researcher’s study of the cultural assumpt