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Jean Nidetch, a housewife and mother living in Queens, New York City, conceived the original Weight Watchers diet and program in the 1960s, after her dissatisfaction with other weight loss programs, all of which failed except the "Prudent Diet", a diet developed in the 1950s by Dr. Norman Jolliffe, head of the New York City Board of Health's Bureau of Nutrition.
[44] [45] [23] [38] In 1970 she published The Memoir of a Successful Loser: The Story of Weight Watchers, which documented the original Weight Watchers plan. [46] In 1973 she resigned as president of the company to devote herself to public relations – traveling, being interviewed, and speaking to large audiences about the program's success ...
Jean Evelyn Nidetch (October 12, 1923 – April 29, 2015) was an American businessperson and the founder of Weight Watchers. She died on April 29, 2015, of natural causes at her home in Parkland, Florida, at the age of 91. [2]
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WW International CEO Mindy Grossman explains her decision to focus on childhood obesity in America.
On Thursday, WW International also announced WeightWatchers Clinic, a $99 per month program targeted toward weight-loss drug users that the company said is the "complete product integration" of ...
Weight Watchers or WW may refer to: Weight Watchers (diet), a comprehensive weight loss program and diet; WW International, the company producing the Weight Watchers diet
The new PointsPlus program will not only identify the number of calories in a foodstuff but also favor food that the body works harder to. Weight Watchers International (WTW) unveiled the ...