Biggest Loser presenter and trainer Angie Dowds has stepped down from her role on the show, after telling her contestants to go on an extreme diet - which was classed as cheating by the show's standards, because it contained less fat than nutritionists with the show recommended.
Not only is Dowds now labelled as a cheat, but the decision she took put contestants health at risk without them even being aware of that fact.
The weight-loss reality programme focuses on contestants shedding pounds through extensive exercise and eating healthy, normal meals. The winner at the end of the series takes home £25,000.
However, Dowds opted to go against the healthy diet message and told her team of competitors to survive off of fruit and nuts.
The trainer admitted that her "competitiveness" had clouded her judgement and when the producers discovered her actions, she agreed that she should take no further part in the programme.
Fellow trainer Richard Callender will take over both teams on the show for the remainder of the series.
Speaking to about the show's keep-fit message, Callender said: "There are always positives and negatives to fast weight loss, but with the show the emphasis has been and will always be about ensuring that the contestants eat properly enough and are trained with their wellbeing as the focus."
"The programme gives out the right message for everyone, which is that weight loss and better health is within reach as long as you train properly and eat well."
"In life we don't often get the opportunity to be able to focus on ourselves for any great length of time but in the show the contestants get to focus on themselves for 168 hours a week and this means they can train, eat, rest and think properly, which allows great physical and mental changes to occur."
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