“ questioned the company’s purpose alongside the advent of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist drugs”
Yeah, that’s the problem right there. It should not just be about weight. That makes it sound vain. They should have taken cue from RFKj and made it more about health. Sure, losing 5% of excess weight is clinically meaningful; 10% even better. If a drug helps, well, ok it’s probably not the ideal way but that is good (not factoring for any side effects or long term after affects). But WW advertises like “eat whatever you want” - it’s not a meaningful change in approach. It’s just about the results, by whatever means.
But I guess it’s just an easier sell; or rather a harder sell to tell overweight people they need to change their lifestyle. Going Keto or Atkins or Carnivore/ caveman (they are all variations of the same basic idea) is probably more fun and fulfilling than buying boxed microwave lasagna. With Keto, you can eat as much as you want as long as it has no carbohydrates. Go ahead, eat 12 chicken legs for lunch. It’s allowed. And more fun.
I had a stomach bypass 10 years ago. They made it plain that it wasn’t simply to loose weight, which you do, but a complete lifestyle change. Otherwise, you end up right back where you started...
**But I guess it’s just an easier sell; or rather a harder sell to tell overweight people they need to change their lifestyle.**
Discipline works! Exercise and eating right.
People think they are supposed to eat 3 decent sized meals a day. Well, very few people are working physically demanding jobs anymore, yet still eat as though they rack 1,000 square hay bales a day.
(My biggest day was over 40 years ago: 1,300+ bales)