The End of the Traditional Diet

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WW International formerly known as Weightwattchers announced it is buying the company's sequence for 100 million dollars. The subscription service helps overweight customers access groundbreaking new medications like ozemic for diabetes and will go. Are these drugs going to like mean the end of weight troubles like I don't think so. There are lingering questions about safety some people can have serious problems while rare serious issues on these drugs.

The diet company is shutting down. Bloomberg’s Emma Court explains how Jenny Craig’s strategy — heavy on celebrity endorsements and meal plans — couldn’t compete with a shift toward body positivity and pharmaceuticals.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd with additional music help from Chris Shurtleff, and hosted by Noel King.

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