The statements stick to the public uproar after Tuesday night's season finale of the NBC weight-loss reality show. The $250,000 grand prize visited Frederickson, 24, of Los Angeles, who shocked the target audience and, it 7 day slim appears, trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels, when she stepped on the scale and weighed in at 105 pounds.

The 5-foot-5 voiceover artist began the months-long competition at 260 pounds. She lost 155 pounds, or 59.62% of her bodyweight. Given her height and end weight she's officially considered underweight, according to a very common measure, your body Mass Index.

An outcry erupted on social networking, saying the show had gone too much in its mission to turn weight reduction into entertainment, with lots of fearing that Rachel was struggling with an eating disorder.

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In the hours because the Tuesday night finale there has been a sluggish and steady trickle of reaction from those active in the show -- including Rachel herself -- without any one willing to directly confront the problem: Does Rachel's weight reduction cross a line? Did she trade one addiction -- food -- for another, mainly diet and exercise?

For her part, Rachel says she's never felt better. Inside a media business call, she refused to address repeated questions regarding whether she lost too much weight in her mission to win the Season 15 title of "The Biggest Loser." She said she dr ming's tea reached the 105-pound mark by following a strict 1,600-calorie-a-day diet prescribed through the show, and worked out "a ton" -- all under show supervision.

The issue has been the persistent buzz of the internet since her appearance at the finale, particularly her gaunt arms. 

The tv cameras appeared to capture the precise moment that Harper and Michaels saw Frederickson's appearance and their response to it, a picture that's been shared many, many times since the finale. (You can observe it within the photo gallery above.)