Weight Loss Grants Program

• ‘I’m not a scammer,’ says Toronto man behind controversial scheme to repay clients for losing weight

  A large number of Weight Loss Grants clients who lost weight through the program say they have been stonewalled for a year or more because the company has repeatedly changed the rules for reimbursement.

  Consumer

  Dec 3, 2019
  
• Better Business Bureau warns of weight loss grant program

  In a news release, the BBB's Atlantic provinces division said they are "warning Canadians to proceed with caution when dealing with the Weight Loss Grants Organization (WLGO)."

  Health

  Jun 12, 2019
  
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• Weight Loss Grants posts customer health information without consent

  Weight Loss Grants revealed the personal information without clients’ consent after news reports described how the organization failed to make payments to customers who qualified for the rebates.

  Consumer

  Jun 3, 2019
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• Canadian weight loss payback scheme cheated them, clients allege

  Weight Loss Grants announced on Wednesday that it was terminating the program, citing a “public relations crisis.”

  May 17, 2019
• A B.C. woman was promised money for losing weight, but getting the cash was even tougher

  Donna Rutten lost 20 pounds and was promised 80 per cent of her money back. It took a call to Consumer Matters to make that happen.

  Consumer

  Apr 9, 2019