When asked by fashion industry website WWD if she has a motto Kate replied there's nothing tastes as good as skinny feels that's one of them. What was the peak moment for diet companies like Jenny Craig Nutri System Weight Watchers? When did cracks start to appear in the early 2000s model of everybody's got to be a size zero when did that start to go out of fashion and why?"
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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