According to NU faculty and Weight Watcher s member Wilma McDonough, it can. The Weight Watcher s program at NU meets for 12 weeks from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays in 471 Dodge Hall. Every week Walter Stevenson, a representative from Weight Watcher s, talks to the members about any problems they may be having. Stevenson also weighs them at each meeting.
Members keep track of their weight, and everything is confidential.
Even though the program has been kept low-key, it has been on campus for over eight years. I notice students who should be in the program just from walking around. The group is mostly made up of female students and faculty, although some males have gotten involved. The program needs three more people, or it will be cancelled. This program works on a point system, each food has a point value and members are only allowed to consume 27 points a day.