The app, called Kurbo, is aimed at children ages 8 to 17. More than 78,000 people have signed a petition online calling on WW, formerly Weight Watchers, to remove its new app aimed at children ages 8 ...

There’s no denying that childhood obesity is a significant problem. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that one in five children in the United States is obese. Obesity is ...

A new Weight Watchers app geared specifically towards kids as young as 8 is stirring some controversy. Kurbo is the app specifically designed to change kids eating habits and provide results. It uses ...

Kurbo and WW International—formerly Weight Watchers—agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations their weight management app illegally gathered personal information from children, the Department ...

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Weight Watchers has unveiled a new program called Beyond the Scale, which includes a new app called FitBreak. According to a recent Weight Watchers earnings call, the new program is partially a ...

So when WW recently released a new app – Kurbo – for children ages 8-17, its claim that the app aims to help kids “build healthy habits” was already built on shaky ground. But as parents, eating ...