I agree with Martin Johnsrud Sundby in «16 weeks of hell»: Call a spade a shovel! Although body, health and food are painful for some, we must still be able to talk about it.
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MADELENE EDITH HENRIKSEN (22), Media science student at NTNU
Only days after «16 weeks of hell» was shown on TV, the debate has already begun to storm where, among others, Linnéa Myhre throws herself on and calls the program «idiotic» .
In another article in VG, related to the same program, the debater called it «a disaster of a program ».
The criticism is largely based on the program affecting in a negative way and helping to give viewers an unhealthy relationship to body, diet and exercise.
But is it correct to label the lifestyle changes the participants in this program should implement as unhealthy without taking into account the individual motivation and the life situation they are in?
In this program I see different individuals, each with their own stories who want to change his lifestyle. I experience the motivation of the various participants as healthy motivations.
Myhre mentions in his critique of the program that the audience is negatively affected and that TVNorge / Discovery to a small extent tries to avoid this . I think this statement is unclear.
For how does she think the audience is negatively or possibly positively affected and what choices should TVNorge / Discovery make if so? Among other things, she claims that making TV entertainment about dieting in 2022 is absurd.
My view is that the program is not just about dieting. If, for example, we are to take as a starting point what several of the participants say about their motivation to participate, this is also largely about their physical life later.
For example, we can take the cholesterol level of Christer Falck or Sandeep Singh’s desire to be more active with the children . So, in these cases, I do not see that dieting for appearance is the motivation, but an actually better lifestyle for each individual.
Myhre also claims that dieting does not work, that quality of life is not measured in kilograms and that food is not dangerous. Firstly, it may well be true that dieting does not work for everyone, and this depends entirely on the goal of the training and possibly the diet as well as various diseases or other conditions the individual should have.
Of course, it is unfortunately the case that more people struggle with unhealthy food and exercise habits, but I still think it is important to Do not look at all cases of dieting and exercise as something negative.
I understand what Myhre means by saying that food is not dangerous, but she then thinks that it is harmless for Christer Falck eat 7 chocolate bars a week? Call a shovel a shovel, 7 plates a week is too much!
Linnéa Myhre tells herself that she has struggled with eating disorders over the years. I have that too, and yet I have a completely different opinion of what is a bad view of this program and food, body and health in general.
Body, health and food have become such a sore topic, especially in the media, that it seems almost impossible to talk about this without some people being offended by it.
Although this topic is painful for some, we still need to be able to talk about it. I thus think it is important to point out that there are several sides to this case, even among those who have had similar experiences as Myhre.
What is healthy and unhealthy must go both ways. I believe that even though many people unfortunately have and have had problems with food and the body, this does not mean that all programs, articles or other things and products that have to do with weight loss have a negative effect.
It can not be unhealthy to try to lose weight, but healthy not to care about what you eat or how much risk you have for cardiovascular disease.
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