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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.
Weight Watchers' founder Jean Nidetch was the company's President from 1963–1973. [37] Al Lippert was CEO of Weight Watchers from 1963–1981. [50] From 1978–1999, Weight Watchers was a subsidiary of Heinz. Charles M. Berger was CEO of Weight Watchers from 1982–1994, [201] [202] having previously been its President.
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.
According to Sistani, the mindset of the brand's founder, Jean Nidetch — who famously said that weight loss was a matter of “choice, not chance” — is not what the company stands for today.
Sistani helped push the company into the weight-loss drug space in 2023 through the $106 million acquisition of the telehealth platform Sequence — now called WeightWatchers Clinic, ...
Oprah began 2017 on a slim note, revealing that she dropped a whopping 42 pounds! The 62-year-old media personality showed off her impressive weight loss on the January cover of Weight Watcher's ...
Her third book, This is Big, tells the story of the founder of Weight Watchers, Jean Nidetch, while incorporating anecdotes from her own weight-loss journey. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Her New York Times bestseller Glossy , which is being adapted for TV, [ 6 ] was inspired by Meltzer's Vanity Fair profile of Emily Weiss .
English: Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers. Date: between 1970 and 1980. Source: Library of Congress This image is available from the United States Library of ...