Oprah Leaves WeightWatchers, Sinks Stock Price After Admitting Truth About Weight-Loss Drug
TV producer and former daytime talk show powerhouse Oprah Winfrey has left the board of weight-loss company WeightWatchers after revealing that she uses drugs as a “maintenance” plan to maintain her weight.
Winfrey admitted last year that she began using pharmaceutical drugs and not just dieting programs to maintain her weight loss and to avoid “yo yoing” up and down in weight, CNBC reported.
Winfrey said, she initially had “shame about it” but is now accepting the drug use and openly admitting it.
“I now use it as I feel I need it, as a tool to manage not yo-yoing,” she told People magazine.
“The fact that there’s a medically approved prescription for managing weight and staying healthier,
