The Weight Watchers Program

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The Weight Watcher’s program was founded in 1961 by Jean Nidetch, who had struggled with her weight throughout childhood and all of her adult life. She decided one day to try yet another diet ran by the New York City Board of Health in Manhattan close to where she lived. After two months she had lost 20 pounds, but she realized a very important component of the diet was missing, a support group of others to share their daily battles with their weight issues. She began writing down all the things she had learned from her meetings in Manhattan and started inviting friends over who were fighting their own battles with their weight. Soon this diet that starting out with a few lady’s in the middle of one lady’s living room would later become a world icon. In late 1961 the Weight Watcher’s Program began. By 1963, just two years Weight Watcher’s was incorporated and by 1967 Weight Watcher’s went global and became Weight Watcher’s International, Inc. including Canada, Puerto Rico, Great Brittain and Israel. Today Weight Watcher’s is one of the leading diet programs in America and operates in over 30 different countries. (Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch shares her start, 2010). The Weight Watcher’s diet uses a point system with each food item having a point’s value, as long as you don’t go over your personalized point’s value total for that day, you can still enjoy all the things you love to eat, in moderation. Each member meets with a team leader who helps you get a plan personalized just for you to ensure you meet your nutritional needs, encouraging a good daily multivitamin to make sure you are still getting all the vitamins and minerals your body needs in absence of the cut back of daily calories consumed. Team leaders ... ... middle of paper ... ...c of overeating and obesity that plagues the United States. Works Cited Nordqvist, C. (2013, November 20). What is Weight Watchers? What are the benefits of Weight Watchers? ADDENDUM TABLE 2 TO WEIGHT WATCHERS DIET. Retrieved from Medical News Today: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com Weight Watchers Diet Menu & Nutrition. (2013, December 13). Retrieved from US News: http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/weight-watchers-diet/menu Weight Watchers Diet, What you need to know ADDENDUM TABLE 3 TO WEIGHT WATCHERS DIET. (2014). Retrieved from US News: http://health.usnews.com Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch shares her start. (2010, March 22). Retrieved from USA TODAY: http://usatoday.com Weight Watchers, The Promise. (2013, February). Retrieved from WebMD: http://www.webmd.com WeightWatchers. (2014). Retrieved from WeightWatchers: http://www.weightwatchers.com

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