Weight Watchers Should Not Be Apologizing

As the son of one of the founders of Weight Watchers (WW), I am appalled and insulted by the comments current CEO Sima Sistani made in “The New WeightWatchers: Oprah, Ozempic and Apologies” (Exchange, Oct. 7). She is clearly out of touch with the company’s legacy. Full disclosure, my father was the “brains” behind WW, encouraging Jean Nidetch to be the face of the company. He orchestrated the sale of WW to the H.J. Heinz Co. in 1978. He was a board member for two decades until his passing in 1998. My mother wrote most of the WW cookbooks. The company had its origin in the basement of my parents’ Baldwin, N.Y., home.