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  2. Weight Watchers (diet) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. WW International - Wikipedia

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    The original Weight Watchers dietary plan in the 1960s was roughly based on the "Prudent Diet", developed by Dr. Norman Jolliffe at the New York City Board of Health. [139] [140] [52] [9] [141] It was based around lean meat, fish, skim milk, and fruits and vegetables, and it banned alcohol, sweets, and fatty foods. [6]

  4. Jean Nidetch - Wikipedia

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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. [2]

  5. Thinking About Trying a Weight Loss Program? Here's How to ...

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    Weight Watchers. U.S. News and World Reports named Weight Watchers the number one diet program of 2024 and it’s one Dr. Sekhar likes it too. With Weight Watchers, not all calories are created equal.

  6. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post

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    The first is that diets do not work. Not just paleo or Atkins or Weight Watchers or Goop, but all diets. Since 1959, research has shown that 95 to 98 percent of attempts to lose weight fail and that two-thirds of dieters gain back more than they lost. The reasons are biological and irreversible.

  7. List of diets - Wikipedia

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    Montignac diet: A weight-loss diet characterised by consuming carbohydrates with a low glycemic index. [167] Mushroom diet: A mushroom-predominant diet. Negative calorie diet: A claim by many weight-loss diets that some foods take more calories to digest than they provide, such as celery. The basis for this claim is disputed.