What Foods Are Red On Kurbo App

With Kurbo by WW, building healthy habits is simple—and fun! Our scientifically proven program and one-on-one coaching are designed to empower kids, teens, and families to live healthier lives. You'll get tools for reaching activity goals, breathing away stress, making positive food choices—all on your mobile device.

"Unique health program appeals to digital kids." —L.A. Parent

How Kurbo works
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Kurbo by WW will never ask you to count calories. Here's how it helps you reach your goals:

* The Traffic Light system of green-, yellow-, and red-light foods helps you make healthier food choices and build healthy habits, day by day.

* Your dedicated coach (purchase required) keeps you motivated through weekly video check-ins, nutrition tips, and goal setting. You can also chat directly with your coach through the in-app chat!

* Delicious food ideas and inspiring advice help you stay on track and informed about healthy living.

Key features
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* Food and activity diary: Easily track habits in one convenient place.
* Progress tracker: See when and how you're making progress over time.
* Virtual support: In-app messages, texts, and notifications provide personalized feedback, motivation, and recommendations.
* Fun games and weekly challenges: Keep learning about nutrition and stay on track in a fun, exciting way.
* Budgeting tool: Enjoy flexible eating and plan your food choices around special events.
* Helpful videos: Watch videos to help you learn the Traffic Light system quickly and easily.
* Plus: Set reminders and goals, pick your own avatar, keep a journal, and more.

What Kurbo users are saying
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"Since I started Kurbo, I'm more energetic, I sleep better, and I can run around a lot more!"
—Gavin, age 12

"I use what I have learned from Kurbo every day. It has really changed my life." —Tyler, age 14

"I was excited because it seemed like something I could do all by myself." —Sophie, age 12

"I feel better about myself and people have noticed my new attitude." —Talia, age 17

"My coach made me feel comfortable. I could be honest about what I was tracking." —Isabella, age 14

"I learned I can eat healthy foods, enjoy them, and live a healthy life." —Jared, age 17

What Kurbo parents are saying
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"Having a Kurbo coach has helped me as a parent. Kaylee's Kurbo coach has become my partner in our journey." —Pamela, mother of 13-year-old Kaylee

"I was surprised that Peter started happily eating vegetables right away." —Karen, mom of 8-year-old Peter

What's New

Update direct notice to latest version

Ratings and Reviews

4.1 out of 5

2.7K Ratings

Ignore the HAES

This app is a step in the right direction. It's more important than ever to give kids a healthy and nutritious foundation. Thank you for this in-depth and well made app! We need this more than ever.
Many of the people leaving one star reviews don't even have kids to begin with. Just think: we can teach our kids healthy habits so they won't have to diet as adults. Letting your child balloon in size and eat unhealthy without constraint is child cruelty. Most 3 year olds don't know the difference between health and unhealthy. They just know that skittles taste good and look cool.
Please, give this app a chance and respect your children and others. Just because you don't want to eat healthy doesn't mean you should force that on others.
I had an eating disorder when I became a teenager and can say, with full confidence, this app would've saved me. There's no calories, just a clean focus on nutrition and overall health. 10/10 would recommend.

Please do not use this

Please please please do not use this app or encourage your children to use this app.
When seeing this app release, I was outraged. I paused, calmed down, opened my mind and tried the app for myself. My conclusion is this app is dangerous, propagates weight stigma, encourages a diet mentality and could lead to a poor relationship with food and food intake, disordered eating, or eating disorders.
I am in eating disorder recovery, and I confidently say this app would have been devastating to me, had I found it when I was young or in my disorder.
A healthy relationship with food can not be obtained, when you look at food as good or bad, healthy or unhealthy, green or red. Labeling food and controlling intake at this minute level is a breeding ground for a disordered relationship with food.
Teach your kids that food is food, that their health is not directly related to their weight. Teach them to eat when they are hungry and stop when they are full. Teach them talk about what they are feeling, recognize emotion, and healthy outlets for emotions and movement. Show them that they don't have to live by color categorized foods, a diet and exercise plan, a burn to earn mentality or a number on a scale. And for the love of all things good in this world do not teach them that raisins, Apple juice, pistachios, chocolate milk and peanut butter are food to be afraid of! (All red foods in the app - that according to my plan I was only allowed to have 5 of).

UI leaves a bit to be desired

I'm trying to keep track of my 5-year-old's nutrition and weight, as she was classified as overweight at her last appointment. Setting up the app as a parent, I created her profile but it automatically assigned her my last name even though she has her dad's last name, and it just named her "Kid1". I don't know if I missed something when I made her profile, but regardless, there is no way for me to edit her name. I thought perhaps logging onto the site on a computer would let me edit it, but it doesn't. So now I'm stuck with a profile that says "Kid1", no buttons that allow me to delete or add profiles, and a clunky user interface with very limited options, which would be fine for a kid using the app but which isn't so great for the adult trying to use it. I have used WW off and on, and since Kurbo is an offshoot of WW, you'd think the app would be up to speed, but the WW app is light years ahead. The concept of this app is wonderful. The app layout and features is severely lacking and until it is updated, I will have to find something else to help me track my daughter's nutrition.

App Privacy

The developer, WW International, Inc., indicated that the app's privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

Health & Fitness
Financial Info
Contact Info
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics

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Information

Seller

WW International, Inc.

Size

249.1 MB

Category

Health & Fitness

Compatibility

iPhone: Requires iOS 11.0 or later.

iPad: Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.

iPod touch: Requires iOS 11.0 or later.

Mac: Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip.

Age Rating

Copyright

Price

Free

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Family Sharing

With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.

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