The company WeightWatchers recently announced it would buy a health company whose providers prescribe drugs for weight loss. However, some experts worry about the use of drugs for weight loss. They argue the treatment does not include enough monitoring for side effects among patients. WeightWatchers is a company that sells products and services to help people use exercise and diet to lose weight. But recently, the company said it would purchase Sequence, a telehealth company. The deal is valued at $132 million dollars. It is the latest business deal in the market for prescription weight loss drugs. For example, famous people have supported the use of the diabetes drug Ozempic as a weight loss drug. But the drug has not been approved for that use by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. High demand for the drug has resulted in shortages. WeightWatchers has 3.5 million members who pay for its services. With Sequence, WeightWatchers can provide members with more than just food and exercise planning services. It can offer medication. Experts on extreme overweight, also called obesity, say the drugs will revolutionize treatment for a problem that 42 percent of Americans face.
Title: WeightWatchers Aims to Start Marketing Diet Drugs
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5828/T28.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='WeightWatchers Aims to Start Marketing Diet Drugs' data-article-id='6436'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11292'>The company WeightWatchers recently announced it would buy a health company whose providers prescribe drugs for weight loss.</span> <span data-start-time='11292' data-end-time='18354'>However, some experts worry about the use of drugs for weight loss. </span> <span data-start-time='18354' data-end-time='27417'>They argue the treatment does not include enough monitoring for side effects among patients.</span> <span data-start-time='27417' data-end-time='38792'>WeightWatchers is a company that sells products and services to help people use exercise and diet to lose weight. </span> <span data-start-time='38792' data-end-time='46188'>But recently, the company said it would purchase Sequence, a telehealth company.</span> <span data-start-time='46188' data-end-time='51875'>The deal is valued at $132 million dollars. </span> <span data-start-time='51875' data-end-time='59292'>It is the latest business deal in the market for prescription weight loss drugs. </span> <span data-start-time='59292' data-end-time='69813'>For example, famous people have supported the use of the diabetes drug Ozempic as a weight loss drug. </span> <span data-start-time='69813' data-end-time='79792'>But the drug has not been approved for that use by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. </span> <span data-start-time='79792' data-end-time='86646'>High demand for the drug has resulted in shortages.</span> <span data-start-time='86646' data-end-time='93854'>WeightWatchers has 3.5 million members who pay for its services. </span> <span data-start-time='93854' data-end-time='103833'>With Sequence, WeightWatchers can provide members with more than just food and exercise planning services. </span> <span data-start-time='103833' data-end-time='106875'>It can offer medication.</span> <span data-start-time='106875' data-end-time='121917'>Experts on extreme overweight, also called obesity, say the drugs will revolutionize treatment for a problem that 42 percent of Americans face.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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