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Note: this thread has been moderated. I know that a number of people, including doctors, have been deeply misled about Weight Watchers' purpose and failure rate, but this is not a space in which I will allow that misinformation to be stated as fact. If you want to learn more about what the research shows about Weight Watchers "success" rates, I recommend these posts:
It’s probably not by accident that the rebrand to their initials only sounds like a subliminal command every time anyone reads or says it: “Double you, Double you.”
Note: this thread has been moderated. I know that a number of people, including doctors, have been deeply misled about Weight Watchers' purpose and failure rate, but this is not a space in which I will allow that misinformation to be stated as fact. If you want to learn more about what the research shows about Weight Watchers "success" rates, I recommend these posts:
https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/weight-watchers-long-term-research
https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/does-this-study-really-show-how-to
If you believe that I am ignoring research about the so-called "health consequences" of being higher-weight, I suggest these as starting points:
https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/doesnt-being-higher-weight-create
https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/reader-question-what-does-it-mean
It’s probably not by accident that the rebrand to their initials only sounds like a subliminal command every time anyone reads or says it: “Double you, Double you.”