WeightWatchers

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By  Jessica Hagen 04:12 pm May 6, 2024
WeightWatchers announced its partnership with Personify Health to allow employers to offer the company's business solutions to help employees access weight-related healthcare offerings, including behavioral health, medication management and virtual care.  WeightWatchers for Business offers programs focused on changing behavior, including programs tailored for individuals with diabetes or those on...
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By  Emily Olsen 12:48 pm March 9, 2023
WeightWatchers announced plans to buy telehealth platform Weekend Health, also known as Sequence, in a move toward offering prescription weight loss drugs. The company said the cash and equity transaction is valued at $132 million, but the effective net purchase price is $106 million. The deal is set to close in the second quarter this year. Along with telehealth consultations, insurance...
By  Jonah Comstock 08:42 am February 19, 2013
A researcher at the University of Texas has published a study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research looking at efficacy of a free online weight loss program. The study looked at 1,258 randomly selected users of SparkPeople.com and found that those who entered their weight into the site at least four times per month lost an average of 11 pounds per month more than those that didn't, and...
By  Brian Dolan 03:58 am October 11, 2012
For the past few months Weight Watchers has been quietly working with Philips to offer its members a way to track their own activity, which can earn them points that can be swapped for additional food points. Catherine Ulrich, SVP of WeightWatchers.com, took the stage at the Health 2.0 conference here in San Francisco with Philips DirectLife General Manager Gopi Koteeswaran to demo ActiveLink....