Weight Watchers

Get your flex point calculators and food scales! This week, Mike and Aubrey are talking about one of America's most iconic diet programs: Weight Watchers. Along the way, we encounter The Rock, the mating habits of straight people and a new James Bond villain. 

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Links!

• Jean Nidetch, a Founder of Weight Watchers, Dies at 91 
• Mass Firing on Zoom Is Latest Sign of Weight Watchers Unrest 
• Weight Watcher's Kurbo app slammed for targeting kids. Makers defend it 
• What's gone wrong at Weight Watchers? 
• Weight Watchers Is Offering Teens Free Memberships and People Aren't Happy 
• Americans’ new way of losing weight has left Weight Watchers behind 
• How the Oprah effect helped Weight Watchers regain Americans' trust 
• Deal Master Debbane 
• The Population Cost‐Effectiveness of Weight Watchers with General Practitioner Referral Compared with Standard Care 
• Weight Watchers on prescription: An observational study of weight change among adults referred to Weight Watchers by the NHS 
• The Problem With 'Fat Talk' 
• 'Fat Talk' Compels but Carries a Cost 

Thanks to Ashley Smith for editing assistance and Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song!

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