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Article: WEIGHT WATCHERS AT 40 DIET GIANT'S LONGEVITY IS ROOTED IN SOUND PRINCIPLES AND THE POWER OF EMPATHY.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- April 29, 2003
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Byline: LYRYSA SMITH Staff writer
Before Atkins, Pritikin and Jenny Craig, before Scarsdale, Beverly Hills and The Zone, there was Weight Watchers -- started by an overweight housewife four decades ago in her living room in Queens.
While other weight-loss plans have weighed in and out, Weight Watchers continues to grow in membership and influence, and is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week. Its approach to weight loss and control has worked for millions.
Weight Watchers founder Jean Nidetch, however, didn't have a system that counted food points when she was trying to lose weight in the early 1960s. She sampled the gamut of fad diets ...