Sima Sistani, the 44-year-old CEO of WeightWatchers, is aware of this, and she recognized WeightWatchers had to evolve – or else.
She also landed a massive deal to buy a telehealth business that can issue virtual prescriptions to patients for these weight loss drugs.
Semaglutide was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat type 2 diabetes as Ozempic, but it was also used off-label for weight loss.
Some longtime users of the program feel betrayed by the pivot away from in-person meetings and toward medication-based solutions.
“Sadly, they don’t want to do the work,” she said, of tracking food or exercising to achieve weight loss goals.
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