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 ...

Weight Watchers came under fire this month after releasing a weight loss app for children and young teens that critics says encourages eating disorders. WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers, released ...

WW (formerly Weight Watchers) this week launched “Kurbo by WW,” a free mobile app with a behavioral program designed to help kids and teens ages 8 to 17 reach a healthier weight. Naturally, such a ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest Kurbo, WW’s new weight-loss app for kids, could do more to harm than good. Getty Images Weight Watchers, now rebranded as WW, has launched Kurbo, a new weight-loss app aimed at ages ...

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Last February, Weight Watchers drew criticism when it announced a free weight-loss program for teens ages 13 to 17. Skeptics feared the program would encourage obsessive eating habits in adolescents, ...

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 ...