Of the group, 147 subjects were enrolled in a Weight Watchers program which allowed them access to group meetings, mobile applications and online tools to support their weight-loss efforts.

Commercial weight loss programs may be just as good -- if not better -- than those that come from a health care professional. A new study showed that people enrolled in Weight Watchers lost as ...

Ultimately, 61% of the Weight Watchers group completed the 12 months; 54% of other doctor-treated groups did. The researchers compared the patients’ weight loss using several different methods.

She first attended Weight Watchers meetings in 1992, with mixed results. Israel later became a member of the founding group of Weight Watchers At Work on NU’s campus. The group formed in 1998 ...

The 5-foot-3 Texas native decided to team up with Weight Watchers because "it focuses on ... "I have actually gotten a group of friends together who are going to be doing it with me." ...

Only the Weight Watchers group, however, experienced significantly greater mean weight loss at 1 year (2.5 kg) than the control group. Costs were highest for general practice and pharmacy ...

On average, participants on the year-long Weight Watchers course lost twice as much weight as the brief intervention group - losses that were sustained even two years later. Researchers concluded ...

The Medical Research Council assessed 772 overweight and obese adults who were referred by a doctor to a Weight Watchers group or a standard slimming programme in the UK, Germany and Australia.