Weight Watchers was founded in 1963 by Queens, New York, homemaker Jean Nidetch. She would have monthly gatherings to support local people that wanted to loose weight. Weight Watchers programs were design to help participants lose weight by forming helpful habits, eating smarter, getting more exercise and providing support. Today, Weight Watchers operates in about 30 countries around the world, generally under names that are local translations of “Weight Watchers”. Weight watchers has been able to spread their message …show more content…
The company uses advertisements that depict people standing beside pictures of their former selves. Meaning they are showing what before and after weight watchers treatment has done for them. Weight Watchers and Jenny Crag have some similar techniques in achieving the goal. Currently, both Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig offer the customer pre packaged food to assists with the weight loss plan. Weight Watchers is best if you don't mind making your own food as you can acquire the program that simply advises you on how to choose healthy foods. This was created in 2014 and has showed to be very helpful for the consumer. The point system is used to let the consumer pick any food that they want to eat as long as it stays within the points that they are allotted for in that given day. No other weight loss provider was so, innovative to come up with such a system. This allowed the consumer to eat what they liked in