“Obesity is a serious and costly, yet common issue. Employers are well-positioned to play an important role in helping their employees manage their weight and improve their overall health, but they can’t go it alone,” said
Highlights of the full-spectrum WeightWatchers for Business platform that allows users to achieve their desired results include:
- WeightWatchers’ science-backed behavior-change programs for sustained outcomes, as well as weight health behavioral programs tailored to those living with diabetes and those on GLP-1 medications.
- Access to virtual clinic care and medication management for those eligible, including GLP-1s and other anti-obesity medications, when appropriate and based on employer coverage, under the guidance of board-certified clinicians as well as registered dietitians, fitness specialists, and care coordinators.
- Robust virtual and real-life communities and coaching support at scale.
- Integrated health insights for real-time data access and analysis.
WeightWatchers for Business has been a B2B partner for more than 35 years, with experience spanning 500+ businesses across all industries. With its science-backed weight health care platform, WeightWatchers for Business supports all acuity levels, taking a weight health first approach and optimized for those members living with overweight, obesity, pre-diabetes, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. Additionally, the platform combines the power of WeightWatchers’ behavior change program with WeightWatchers Clinic¹ to produce effective and sustainable results. Results include members seeing a 19.4% average weight loss at 12 months², 80% maintained weight loss when switching from GLP-1 to lower-cost medications³, and among members with high blood pressure at baseline, 85% of members achieved normal blood pressure at six months⁴.
“We’re grateful for our partnership with
Personify Health’s comprehensive partner ecosystem helps organizations close gaps in care across 25+ health and wellbeing categories while addressing the most common and costly health concerns. Companies using the Personify platform can choose to have access to WeightWatchers for Business to support the weight health care needs of their employees, complementing the impactful guidance from 200 coaches and actionable weight management content Personify offers.
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WeightWatchers is a human-centric technology company powered by our proven, science-based, clinically effective weight loss and weight management programs. For six decades, we have inspired millions of people to adopt healthy habits for real life. We combine technology and community to help members reach and sustain their goals on our programs. To learn more about the WeightWatchers approach to healthy living, please visit ww.com. For more information about our global business, visit our corporate website at corporate.ww.com.
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¹ WeightWatchers Clinic provides access to medical care through independent, affiliated medical practitioners.
² Based on a sample of 6,089 WeightWatchers Clinic members with 12 months of data collected from 2022 – 2023. Manuscript under review.
³ An observational study using member data conducted in 2024 among 207
⁴ An observational study using member data conducted in 2024 among 943
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