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## Video: 'Biggest Loser' Winner's Controversial Weight Loss

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_Published 2014-02-06. Tuesday night, the NBC reality series crowned 24-year-old Rachel Frederickson its season 15 champion, but Rachel’s dramatic weight loss has some people worried, including the show’s trainers._


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>> It's a Biggest Loser controversy. Tuesday night, the NBC reality series crowned 24- year- old Rachel Frederickson its season 15 champion. But Rachel's dramatic weight loss has some people worried including the show's trainers. Watch how Jillian Michaels and Bob Harper reacted when Rachel revealed her major slim down.

>> Oh my god.

>> Wow.

>> Yeah, that 'oh my god' Jillian Michaels is seemingly mouthing doesn't look like the good kind of shock. The general consensus seemed to be that Rachel had lost too much weight. She went from a size 20 down to a zero, from 260 pounds down to just 105, which according to WeightWatchers is underweight for Rachel's 5- foot- 4 frame. She should be at least 12 pounds heavier. Michaels and Harper aren't commenting publicly on Rachel's possibly too thin frame now. Both posted messages to their social media accounts noting that they weren't Rachel's trainers on the show, and that they weren't comfortable discussing her journey.

Still their faces had said a lot, and it should be noted that Rachel's show trainer Dolvett Quince hasn't commented either. The show's producers did release a statement to PEOPLE though. " We support Rachel and all of the Biggest Loser contestants who have shared their journeys over the past 15 seasons. We are mainly committed to helping contestants achieved healthy weight loss and live healthier lifestyles and to inspiring viewers to do the same. Rachel wouldn't divulge her diet details to PEOPLE. There was some speculation that she was eating very few calories, but she did tell Access Hollywood, she has no plans to lose any more weight.

>> No, I'm at maintenance mode and it's gonna be fun, you know, that's the-- that's the next journey and the next part of life. So, it's maintaining, finding the balance, and working out, and fitting everything in.

>> Fellow contestant and American Idol winner Ruben Studdard defended Rachel, the extra noting that she was a former champion swimmer and is committed to her health. Thanks for watching. I'm Brice Sander.

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