People assigned to Weight Watchers lost an average of 9.7 lbs after three months according to a study from the UK.

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People assigned to Weight Watchers lost an average of 7.7 lbs after one year according to a study from the UK.

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A study involving people from Australia, Germany, and the UK in which people were assigned to Weight Watchers lost an average of 8.9 lbs after one year. Read the entire article | Email this article

Weight Watchers caused greater weight loss than a self-help program after one year (9.5 lbs vs 2.9 lbs) and after two years (6.4 lbs vs 0.4 lbs) according to a 2003 study. Read the entire article | Email this article

People who went on the commercial weight loss program Weight Watchers lost an average of 13.2 pounds or 6.4 percent of body weight after six months, 5.3 percent after one year, and 3.2 percent after two years according to a review paper. Read the entire article | Email this article

Among 1,260 participants in the commercial weight-loss program Weight Watchers who had reached their goal weight, 19.4% were within 5 pounds of their goal weight five years later according to a recent analysis. Read the entire article | Email this article

Among 1,260 participants in the commercial weight-loss program Weight Watchers who had reached their goal weight, 18.8% maintained a 10% weight loss five years later according to a recent analysis. Read the entire article | Email this article

Out of 916 lifetime members of the commercial weight loss program Weight Watchers, 80% maintained a 5% weight loss after one year, 71% maintained a 5% weight loss after two years, and 50% maintained a 5% weight loss after five years. This according to an analysis by researchers at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. "The current sample comprises only the most successful Weight Watchers participants," the authors of the paper noted. "However, these results provide further evidence that maintenance of weight loss in those who successfully lose weight in one commercial weight-loss programme is more feasible than data from clinical populations have suggested," they concluded. Read the entire article | Email this article

Weight Watchers causes more weight loss than a brief counseling and self-help program according to a recent study. Read the entire article | Email this article