Recommended Reading: The Watcher, The Period Watchers, and Unfinished Orson

Modern online media is all about the signal boost, so every Friday here at Flavorwire, we take a moment to spotlight some of the best stuff we’ve read online this week. Today, we’ve got a bit of non-fiction horror that will make your skin crawl, a look at health apps that’s pretty scary too, a deep-dive […]

The Weight Watchers app makes it easy to lose weight — I use it every day and I’ve lost 20 pounds in 8 months

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Most people know of Weight Watchers as a dieting program used by their moms in the ’90s. Weight Watchers now caters to tech-savvy millennials with an amazingly easy-to-use app that […]

The backlash against Weight Watchers’ program for teens is an absurd overreaction

If not for a structured program like Weight Watchers, it’s unclear where these critics think young teens should get their information. The status quo will see that many seek guidance from gossip and fitness magazines, both of which are notorious for dangerous dietary advice.

Is this the healthiest drive-thru in the UK? Weight Watchers takes on TAKEAWAYS

Weight Watchers has launched a healthy Drive Thru in the UK to prove eating healthily doesn’t have to mean restricting yourself.  Research has revealed Brits think about food once every minute in January, with feeling guilty about over indulging during the festive period and pressure to lose weight cited as the main reasons for having […]

Oprah Winfrey has now raked in $300 million from her Weight Watchers investment (WTW)

Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Oprah Winfrey owns 10% of Weight Watchers’ stock, with options to grow that position to 15%. She’s made a net $ 300 million on the investment since late 2015, as the stock has surged almost 700%.   Weight Watchers shareholders rejoiced on Tuesday as the company’s stock surged as much as […]

Watching The Watchers

For six straight days in the middle of March, a small twin-propeller plane flew over Phoenix. Each evening, it picked two or three spots and circled for hours, flying at more than 17,000 feet. The plane was loaded with sophisticated surveillance equipment, including technology developed by the National Security Agency to track cell phones. In […]

Who Watches The Watchers?

The death of an undocumented immigrant while in the custody of federal authorities is the latest in a series of deaths that advocates worry will continue to grow as more people living illegally in the US are detained under the Trump administration. Vicente Caceres-Maradiaga, 46, died Wednesday night from acute coronary syndrome as he was […]