• Thumbnail for Jean Nidetch
    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...
    2 KB (100 words) - 02:01, 26 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for WW International
    comprehensive diet program. Founded in 1963 by Queens, New York City homemaker Jean Nidetch, WW's program has three options as of 2019: online via its mobile app...
    82 KB (7,752 words) - 20:01, 25 June 2025
  • 1942) 2015 – François Michelin, French businessman (born 1926) 2015 – Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (born 1923) 2015...
    111 KB (10,480 words) - 08:17, 21 June 2025
  • diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (died 2013) 1923 – Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (died 2015) 1923...
    65 KB (6,416 words) - 14:35, 9 July 2025
  • Watchers was the most cost-effective commercial diet as of 2019[update]. Jean Nidetch, a housewife and mother living in Queens, New York City, conceived the...
    15 KB (1,634 words) - 02:31, 20 May 2025
  • Thumbnail for Fad diet
    this era include Paul Bragg, Adelle Davis, and J. I. Rodale. In 1961, Jean Nidetch founded the Weight Watchers. In 1970, the "sleeping beauty diet", using...
    60 KB (6,768 words) - 16:59, 25 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Douglaston–Little Neck, Queens
    Storey Mountain Robert Neffson (born 1949), painter of street scenes Jean Nidetch (1923–2015), founder of Weight Watchers Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress...
    58 KB (6,017 words) - 12:33, 1 July 2025
  • illustrator (b. 1918) Jack Ely, guitarist and singer (b. 1943) April 29 – Jean Nidetch, businesswoman and weight-loss activist (b. 1923) April 30 Ben E. King...
    203 KB (19,229 words) - 05:29, 24 June 2025
  • personality Lorne Michaels, writer, producer Brian Mulroney Joseph Neubauer Jean Nidetch Katherine D. Ortega Norman Vincent Peale, minister, author Ruth Stafford...
    20 KB (1,378 words) - 16:58, 10 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Boys and Girls High School
    Marcus, attorney and soldier Sean Michaels, adult film actor and director Jean Nidetch, businesswoman Cecil Payne, jazz saxophonist Man Ray, avant-garde artist...
    9 KB (780 words) - 00:46, 24 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for Marisa Meltzer
    book, This is Big, tells the story of the founder of Weight Watchers, Jean Nidetch, while incorporating anecdotes from her own weight-loss journey. Her...
    6 KB (506 words) - 06:28, 26 December 2024
  • sportswriter (Atlanta Braves). Saburo Nakao, 77–78, Japanese Olympic wrestler. Jean Nidetch, 91, American businesswoman, founder of Weight Watchers. Calvin Peete...
    173 KB (12,086 words) - 17:04, 6 July 2025
  • Educational Services Nat Lefkowitz – co-chairman of the William Morris Agency Jean Nidetch – founded Weight Watchers Lin Peng (professor) – David Krell Chair in...
    47 KB (5,299 words) - 20:57, 5 July 2025
  • Thumbnail for October 1923
    around a law that required them to list the names of their members. Born: Jean Nidetch, American business entrepreneur who founded the Weight Watchers organization...
    64 KB (7,835 words) - 14:11, 10 June 2025
  • Thumbnail for May 1963
    the flashing beacon on the night side of the fourth orbit. Housewife Jean Nidetch founded the Weight Watchers company, with the first meeting held at a...
    51 KB (6,405 words) - 20:17, 2 June 2025
  • slimming clubs, was founded in the United States in 1961, when housewife Jean Nidetch began a support group at her home in Queens. In the UK, Slimming World...
    5 KB (428 words) - 21:28, 1 April 2025
  • Thumbnail for Katharine Worth
    original on 2002-02-05. Presenters: Matthew Bannister (8 May 2015). "Jean Nidetch, Baroness Ruth Rendell, Geoff Duke OBE, Katharine Worth, Errol Brown"...
    11 KB (1,047 words) - 16:33, 15 July 2025
  • law husband. Also includes interview with founder of Weight Watchers, Jean Nidetch, including a testimony from audience member Jeff Gray. TBA "Comedy/Bachelor...
    86 KB (538 words) - 20:32, 14 July 2025