Why WeightWatchers Wants in on Drugs Like Ozempic
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🗓️ 14 March 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | There have been a lot of fads in the world of weigh loss. |
| 0:08.6 | The Atkins diet, the South Beach diet, the Keto diet, and the latest craze isn't a diet |
| 0:15.2 | at all. |
| 0:16.2 | It's a new class of drugs. |
| 0:18.4 | It's much more effective than anything that has been seen on the market before. |
| 0:25.0 | It is the first medication that has really significant efficacy. |
| 0:30.8 | That's our colleague, Andrea Peterson. |
| 0:32.7 | She covers consumer health. |
| 0:34.6 | She says these drugs, known as GLP1s, and with names like Ozembek and Wagovie, have become |
| 0:40.4 | hugely popular lately. |
| 0:44.4 | There's been a lot of very breathless testimonials from regular people, from celebrities, from |
| 0:52.4 | online influencers. |
| 0:53.4 | I started Ozembek four weeks ago at 172 pounds. |
| 0:57.6 | I am now 148 pounds. |
| 1:00.0 | I just start dropping pounds left and right. |
| 1:02.4 | With my personal experience, it's been really, really good. |
| 1:04.9 | I've been down over all 30 pounds. |
| 1:07.6 | But also by people in the field who really do believe that this is a game changer. |
| 1:12.7 | These drugs are so revolutionary that even traditional weight loss companies are trying |
| 1:16.9 | to get in on the game. |
| 1:18.7 | It watchers, which is a 60-year-old weight loss company that for the longest time, it's |
| 1:25.4 | whole reason for being is to help people control their eating and up their fitness. |
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