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The Latest Breaking News from Weight Watchers

Wellness companies embrace weight-loss drugs in bid to avoid fate of WeightWatchers

WeightWatchers' bankruptcy filing underscores the dramatic shift in the weight-loss landscape

The Independent UK

The fall of Weight Watchers isn’t the victory against diet culture you think it is

IN FOCUS: It changed the way we diet, but now Weight Watchers’ fortunes seem to be fading. Katie Rosseinsky explores how the Ozempic era has impacted more traditional weight loss programmes

The Independent UK

Exclusive: The COO of Hims & Hers was the third person to try their GLP-1 drugs—and she's ready to share her story

Health executive Melissa Baird is dedicated to breaking the stigma of weight management at work.

Fortune

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WeightWatchers' CEO reckons with diet culture—and her company's place in it

The CEO reckons with her company's history of diet culture amid the Ozempic revolution.

Fortune

7 big moments from Oprah's new special

The talk show host spoke about her own weight loss journey and sat down with families and medical professionals

Salon

Oprah Winfrey under fire for using weight loss drug when an ambassador for Weight Watchers

Oprah has been an ambassador for weight loss support group WW since 2017

Evening Standard

Florine Mark, former owner of Weight Watchers franchises in Michigan and Canada, dies at 90

Florine Mark, a Michigan business icon and former owner of Weight Watchers franchises in Michigan and Ontario, Canada, has died

The Independent UK

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WeightWatchers and Noom push Ozempic-like drugs over willpower

Executives promise ‘the demise of dieting.’ Could we be so lucky?

Fortune

Mum drops 10 stone with quirky daily exercise after decades of trying extreme diets

In a bid to shed the pounds gained during her most recent pregnancy, mum-of-four Laura tried Slimming World, SlimFast, Weight Watchers, juicing and calorie counting - all with no success.

Edinburgh Live

Simple £2 Weight Watchers summer dessert comes to just 30 calories

Easy recipes tend to be the go-to for those watching their weight in the summer, in a bid to stick to eating healthily while the sun is high in the sky.

Daily Record

Inside Oprah Winfrey's incredible weight loss transformation after diet change

The iconic chat show host told her followers at the end of last year that it was time for a diet 'reset' as she announced she was clearly out her fridge and ensuring she ate healthier in the new year.

Daily Record

Jenny Craig is a big loser, but WW turns a healthy profit

While Jenny Craig flounders for a way forward, fellow weight-loss giant Weight Watchers is flourishing as it moves with the trends.

The New Daily

Jenny Craig loses in the Ozempic Age

The way that companies talk (or don't) about losing weight has changed in the last 30 years

Salon

James Corden 'parts ways with Weight Watchers after multi-year deal ran its course'

James Corden and Weight Watchers have reportedly parted ways after the star's multi-year deal 'ran its course', just two months after he was accused of being rude to staff in an NYC restaurant

Daily Mirror

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Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire mum dropped 3 dress sizes after becoming 'lost' due to weight gain

The mum now feels that all of her "hard work was worth it" as she can look in the mirror and like what she sees

The Guardian - UK

Weight Watchers wins when our diets fail – it won’t change society’s broken thinking around food

The diet industry benefits if you become a customer for life: its profits soar with our failures, says psychotherapist, psychoanalyst and social critic Susie Orbach

Daily Mirror

Meghan Markle gives Harry 'love he's never felt before', says aunt Sarah Ferguson

The Duchess of York, also known as Fergie, related to the couple on their decision to move to the US and publicly share chosen parts of their lives

The Independent UK

Sarah, Duchess of York: I made endless wrong decisions – but it’s got me to where I am today

The ex-wife of the Duke of York offers her views on Harry and Meghan, the King, and looking after the late Queen’s corgis. By Hannah Stephenson.

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Daily Record

Scots plumber who used to eat four takeaways a week sheds 12 stone

Stephen Donnelly has dropped to 13st 6lb, almost halving his body weight in a year, after being referred to Weight Watchers through NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow plumber unrecognisable after losing a whopping 12 stone in epic transformation

An overweight Stephen Donnelly felt depressed as his health deteriorated so he went to see his GP who referred him to the life-changing Weight Watchers programme.

Wales Online

Overweight mum once in pain just tying her laces loses half her bodyweight - and even a shoe size

Jo Stapley feared she'd be dead at 40 - now she's gone from a size 22 to a 10 and her shoe size has dropped from a 6 to a 5

Daily Record

Glasgow man loses incredible five stone after GP warned he could lose limb

At 20st 5lbs, Derek Gray struggled to do everyday things like tie his shoe laces and other basic tasks.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow man's impressive five stone weight loss after being told he could lose limb

Diabetic Derek Gray went for his annual visit to his GP when he got the alarming news he could lose a limb if he didn't take control of his blood sugar and weight.

Daily Record

Scots nurse shares impressive transformation pictures after dropping six stone

Joanne Bell, 44, from Kirkintilloch was finding it difficult to play with her grandkids so she joined Weight Watchers.

Glasgow Live

Nurse at Glasgow Royal Infirmary sheds six stone in impressive transformation

Joanne Bell was struggling to play with her grandchildren when she realised something had to change, so she joined Weight Watchers after being referred by her GP.

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