I want to write about something that upset me initially when I heard about it but upset me even more when family members of mine supported it. That’s right, it’s the dreaded ‘Kurbo’ app by Weight Watchers/ WW. I just want to have a bit of a rant and write down all the reasons why this app is SO messed up. I understand that childhood obesity all over the world is quite high, and I completely get that this can be dangerous, however shouldn’t we be looking at the reasons behind this and trying to prevent it with healthy measures? If a child is at risk of becoming severely overweight, or is overweight, you’d like to think that their family/school/health care professionals would pick up on this and put a plan together? A child could be overweight for several reasons, not just because they are eating ‘bad foods’ or as Kurbo calls them ‘Red Foods’- which brings me to a point on traffic-lighting food. If you are teaching a child to traffic light their food and track their weight, it put