Ozempic, Oprah and apologies: WeightWatchers says there’s no shame in being overweight, or in taking new weight-loss drugs
WeightWatchers has shifted its approach since the days when founder Jean Nidetch, right, told followers to put down their forks between bites. Before she joined forces with WeightWatchers, Oprah Winfrey credited a dramatic 1988 weight loss to an 800-calorie-a-day liquid diet.Oct.
6, 2023 11:00 pm ETWeightWatchers Chief Executive Sima Sistani hears from them all of the time, those customers she thinks her company has failed. They fill her Instagram inbox with messages detailing their years on the WeightWatchers count-your-points program, a frustrating pattern of fluctuating weight that only made them feel like they weren’t trying hard enough.
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