That claim from the Noom app — that it isn’t a diet, yet can achieve long-lasting weight loss — surely encouraged some of its 45 million downloads in the first five years since it was launched. The ...

Unhealthy sedentary lifestyles, underlying physical conditions, overeating, age, and eating the wrong foods are the most common reasons for being overweight, and many smartphone apps do a brisk ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." "THERE'S AN APP for that" takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to weight loss. You can find an app ...

Ask executives in the healthcare industry about the future market for weight-loss drugs and the analogies are telling: ...

While you may think you need expensive personal trainers, nutritionists or fancy gyms to lose weight, the truth is that technology has made it easier than ever to achieve your goals without breaking ...

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 ...

The Health app is the central hub for health tracking—from Apple Watch data to information from connected dietary apps that track your water intake or meals. The app organizes everything into ...

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 ...

Take a flick through the app store and you'll find everything from ways of tracking your calories to virtual guides to working out more effectively. So it's no wonder that, a few years ago, the NHS ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting around the age of 10. Like many ...

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 ...

Caroline Thomason is a media dietitian in the greater Washington, D.C. area. She writes for top-tier media outlets, partners with brands as a nutrition expert and runs a nutrition private practice. In ...