Great Moments in Journalism are submitted by readers, and can be sent to this address. Your Moment today comes from an LAT piece on the pressing scientific conflict over the efficacy of weight-loss strategies presented in NBC's "The Biggest Loser." Yes, you read that right. Anyway, here's the lede:

ON NBC's whip-'em-into-shape weight-loss show, "The Biggest Loser," the contestants spill an ocean of tears. Tears of frustration and tears of joy. Lips quiver. Chests heave. Noses run as tears well up then flow down dirt-streaked cheeks. And that's just the men.

Losing big - fast [LAT]

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