If you want to follow Oprah Winfrey’s latest plan for losing weight, be prepared to do, well, everything. At least that’s how Winfrey, who has been showing off a noticeably trimmer figure of late, described what she’s been doing. When asked about her new weight-loss approach at “The Color Purple” movie musical premiere last week, the 69-year-old media mogul told “Entertainment Tonight” that, “It’s not one thing. It’s everything.”
It wasn’t clear if that meant Winfrey, who is a board member of WW International
WW,
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(formerly Weight Watchers) and has long championed the company, is combining the WW program with other methods.
“‘It’s not one thing. It’s everything.’”
— Oprah Winfrey, discussing her recent weight-loss
In theory, her “everything” approach could include taking some of the popular medications now used for weight loss, such as Ozempic, Wegovy and the newly-approved Zepbound, although Winfrey said recently that she didn’t want to go the drug route. “I’ve got to do this on my own,” Winfrey said. “Because if I take the drug, that’s the easy way out.” For that matter, weight-loss surgery, such as gastric bypass or banding, is also still an option for those who are struggling with obesity. But regardless of what Winfrey or anyone else is doing, a multifaceted approach to weight loss — again, “It’s everything” — is one that’s being heavily recommended by physicians and other specialists who work in this area. “Weight-loss success is always based on the entire lifestyle, and not just certain components,” said Cesar Sauza, a registered dietitian and nutritionist with EHProject, a company that provides information about weight loss through its website. That idea is seconded by Dr. Amy Lee, chief medical officer for PEAR Health Labs, a company that sells fitness products and solutions. “You have to eat appropriately, incorporate movement and follow a lower-stress lifestyle, along with surgery and/or medication,” Lee said. Of course, this isn’t an entirely new idea, since we’ve long heard of the importance of diet and exercise as a key combo to shedding some pounds. And plans like WW have long included behavior modification as a critical element, along with group support. But at a time when weight-loss medications are gaining such acceptance — Goldman Sachs recently predicted the annual market for these drugs could grow to $100 billion by 2030 …
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It wasn’t clear if that meant Winfrey, who is a board member of WW International
WW,
-4.85%
(formerly Weight Watchers) and has long championed the company, is combining the WW program with other methods.
“‘It’s not one thing. It’s everything.’”
— Oprah Winfrey, discussing her recent weight-loss
In theory, her “everything” approach could include taking some of the popular medications now used for weight loss, such as Ozempic, Wegovy and the newly-approved Zepbound, although Winfrey said recently that she didn’t want to go the drug route. “I’ve got to do this on my own,” Winfrey said. “Because if I take the drug, that’s the easy way out.” For that matter, weight-loss surgery, such as gastric bypass or banding, is also still an option for those who are struggling with obesity. But regardless of what Winfrey or anyone else is doing, a multifaceted approach to weight loss — again, “It’s everything” — is one that’s being heavily recommended by physicians and other specialists who work in this area. “Weight-loss success is always based on the entire lifestyle, and not just certain components,” said Cesar Sauza, a registered dietitian and nutritionist with EHProject, a company that provides information about weight loss through its website. That idea is seconded by Dr. Amy Lee, chief medical officer for PEAR Health Labs, a company that sells fitness products and solutions. “You have to eat appropriately, incorporate movement and follow a lower-stress lifestyle, along with surgery and/or medication,” Lee said. Of course, this isn’t an entirely new idea, since we’ve long heard of the importance of diet and exercise as a key combo to shedding some pounds. And plans like WW have long included behavior modification as a critical element, along with group support. But at a time when weight-loss medications are gaining such acceptance — Goldman Sachs recently predicted the annual market for these drugs could grow to $100 billion by 2030 …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]