WW to host live virtual event with Oprah Winfrey

WW International announced a live virtual event, hosted by Oprah Winfrey, “Making The Shift: A New Way to Think About Weight.” The event will take place on Thursday, May 9, from 6 to 9 p.m. ET, and will include a live studio and live global virtual audience, and will be live streamed on WeightWatchers YouTube channel. Joining the conversation are diverse and influential voices, including Rebel Wilson, Amber Riley, Katie Sturino, Marisa Meltzer, Jamie Kern Lima, Tressie McMillan Cottom, along with leading science and medical experts, Dr. Rachel Goldman, Dr. Ania Jastreboff and Dr. Stephan Guyenet, who will help us dismantle the current diet culture, as we lean into science and the exciting evolution of weight and our health. The honest and brave dialogue will allow us the space to reconcile our varying thoughts on diet culture, weight bias and much more. For an opportunity to join the conversation with Oprah and guests and interact as part of the live virtual audience, participants are invited to register for the event in advance. Throughout the three-hour event, Oprah will guide a conversation to catalyze a new wave of change in how we collectively redefine the cultural and personal relationships between our weight, our health and each other. The powerful discussion will unpack the multifaceted, preconceived notions we have about weight, from the profound impact diet culture has had on our society to how we can reframe harmful narratives surrounding our weight and our bodies. Together with WeightWatchers, the conversation will bring together the voices of individuals, communities and medical societies to bridge the science of “weight” with a new outlook that brings the health and wellbeing of our bodies into focus.