In Oprah Winfrey's Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution special, she talks with WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani, who's introducing medication.
, which aired on Monday, Winfrey elaborated on her usage of weight loss drugs. While she hasn’t specified which ones she used, Winfrey’s special highlighted the effects of“I recently made the decision to not continue serving on the board of WeightWatchers,” said Winfrey, who served on the board for nearly a decade after acquiring a 10 percent stake in the company in 2015.
Sistani discussed WeightWatchers’ shift in strategy after purchasing Sequence, a telehealth company that specializes in prescribing weight loss medication, in 2023. Part of this shift, according to Sistani, also emphasizes reframing obesity as a disease. “We are the most clinically tested, evidence-based, science-backed behavior change program, but we were missing the third prong which was biology,” Sistani told Winfrey. “There could be somebody who needs medication because they have that biological underpinning, and what’s so important for us is to provide that care and also help people release the shame.”“For all those people who took on the behavior change, some of them walked away without the success,” Sistani continued.
While WeightWatchers is now prescribing weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Sistani insists that the company maintains focus on building a community through various initiatives, including its popular Points Program. “Weight Watchers is not just about weight loss,” Sistani said. “It’s about education, and it is about care. That’s our new philosophy is to help people live longer, happier lives with weight health care.”. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. // This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.
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