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- Oct 22, 2010 -

Weight Watchers and Merck Collaborate to Help Physicians Fight Obesity

Through Lifestyle Management Approach

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Weight Watchers and Merck Collaborate to Help Physicians Fight Obesity

Through Lifestyle Management Approach

Weight Watchers International, Inc., the world's leading provider of weight

management services, and Merck, a global healthcare leader, announced today

an innovative collaboration focused on fighting obesity. The two companies

will launch an initiative in which Merck will provide physicians and other

health care providers with educational information about the Weight

WatchersR program and its underlying clinical evidence to assist doctors in

addressing

the ongoing weight management needs of their patients.

" Recently published research at the 2010 International Congress on Obesity

demonstrated that the combination of the proven Weight Watchers behavior

modification

approach with physician's encouragement provides a significant increase in

patient adherence to weight-loss solutions and greater weight loss success

than

just standard physician care alone. Weight loss is an important component of

preventing and addressing many health conditions, including diabetes and

cardiovascular

diseases such as hypertension. Because our weight management approach helps

educate people on how to live a healthy lifestyle while allowing

flexibility,

the Weight Watchers program delivers real weight loss results.

Collaborating with Merck will enable us to arm physicians with a

comprehensive, sustainable,

scalable and non-pharmaceutical solution for weight loss designed to help

improve the overall health of their patients, " said Kirchhoff, CEO of

Weight

Watchers International.

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