The star of TLC's "I Am Jazz" series, Jazz Jennings has amassed a following of over a million accounts on Instagram. Best-known for being a YouTube personality, reality star, and activist for the LGBTQ+ community, Jazz first rose to fame in 2007 when she opened up to Barbara Walters in a life-changing interview about her identity as a transgender woman, spawning the TLC series that gave viewers an insight into her subsequent experiences. While the Florida native is renowned as a role model within the trans community, she's also recently gained attention for her weight-loss journey, announcing on Instagram in the summer of 2024 that she'd lost nearly 100 pounds.

Over the years, Jazz has been open about her feelings surrounding her weight gain and the subsequent efforts she's taken to shed the weight, both on social media and her reality show. As early as 2018, she revealed an ongoing struggle with her weight and body image on Facebook, her caption of "I'm treating myself with a burger tonight" hinting at a possible disordered relationship with food that was later confirmed. In 2021, a Season 7 episode of "I Am Jazz" showed that the star's weight had fluctuated to 234 pounds, which she found "devastating." After Jazz shared her concerns with her mom, Jeanette Jennings, following the weigh-in, Jeanette admitted that she feared for Jazz's overall health, citing emerging issues such as asthma and high cholesterol. With the support of her family and friends, Jazz committed to losing weight and prioritizing her health while still cultivating a healthy relationship with food and her body image.