This is what I said to Subway on their Facebook page.
Your sandwiches are great for a quick lunch, but I'm not keen on your support of "The Biggest Loser." This vile program purports to encourage "health," but the tactics utilized are anything but healthy. This program is a weight loss competition, period. They utilize tactics such as dehydration, extreme calorie limitation, and over-exercising to the point of injury and vomiting. None of this equates with healthy behavior. Equating weight loss and health is erroneous in the first place. Adapting healthy habits for better overall well being REGARDLESS OF WEIGHT LOSS is much more likely to result in long term adherence to said healthy habits. Please support Health at Every Size if you really want to promote health.
They'll likely delete my post, but perhaps a few people will see it and think about it before they do.
Read Atchka's recaps of The Biggest Loser on Fierce, Freethinking Fatties. It is really educational.
Read Lily's statement to Progresso Soup for their support of The Biggest Loser.
Lily and I are preaching from the same book when it comes to Health at Every Size. Health at every size is about HEALTH, not about hating yourself for not being a Size 0.
