The end of WeightWatchers? How the dieting club lost out to slimming drugs

As the global enterprise grapples with reported debts of $1.4bn, its calorie-counting formula may have had its dayIt began as a support group for overweight New Yorkers in 1963 and ballooned into a multimillion pound global enterprise that has spent decades selling people the dream of long-term weight loss.The trademark WeightWatchers’ points-based programme has been followed by millions, with accompanying cookbooks, groceries, weekly weigh-ins and “judgment-free” meetings, and a food-tracking app. Continue reading...