Weight Watchers May Be Exploiting Vulnerable Kids With Its Weight Loss App

Kurbo doesn’t require rigorous screening for weight loss coaches — and more problems

Ben Chapman
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9 min readSep 4, 2019

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On first impression, Weight Watchers’ Kurbo app, geared toward kids ages 8 to 17, looks friendly, cute, and simple. But then… wait, this is a weight loss app for kids! Suddenly, the same things that…

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Ben Chapman
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