Weight & Health Management Industry Competitors

Jenny Craig would like for everyone to lighten up, at least a little. The weight-control company is one of the world's two largest diet firms (along with Weight Watchers). It owns or franchises about 650 centers in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Guam....

Schiff Nutrition International doesn't subscribe to the belief that you can't get health in a bottle. The company's vast products portfolio includes sports nutrition and weight-loss products; vitamins, minerals, and herbs; and an assortment of nutrition bars....

Forget diet fads: Weight Watchers International is a stalwart in the weight loss industry. The company hosts about 50,000 weekly meetings consisting of exercise tips, nutrition advice, and success stories to help its more than 1.5 million members lose weight....

eDiets Europe is shrinking its customers through a veritable smörgåsbord of dieting services. As the international seat of Florida-based eDiets.com, the company offers online subscription-based weight management plans, as well as nutritional advice through support groups....

eDiets.com is banking on your losing proposition. The firm's Web site allows some 66,000 fat-fighting clients to enter personal information and receive a customized, software-generated program to help them lose weight. eDiets.com also offers support message boards, an electronic newsletter, nutrition advice from a panel of experts, vitamins and supplements, and a nationwide meal delivery service....

Pilates is at the very core of Merrithew’s business plan. The company (which does business as Stott Pilates) develops and promotes fitness programs based on the exercise method known as Pilates, which concentrates on core conditioning....

Weight Watchers Ltd. helps its UK customers watch their weight, but popular low-carbohydrate and glycemic index (GI) diets have the company watching its back. As the UK branch of the weight management giant Weight Watchers, the company's diet plan is called Switch, and it is tailored specifically to the nutritional needs and cultural norms of the British Isles....

Fit America MD says there is a pill for losing weight. Actually, it sells several of them. The company helps its clients lose weight with more than a dozen vitamin and mineral blends with names like MetaboFit, Corti-Control, and Thyroid Balance. The company claims that hormones are the biggest culprit in weight gain and retention and designs its products to restore hormone balance....

They may not be able to make them eat their vegetables, but the folks at Healthtrax want to keep your workforce healthy. The company offers wellness and preventative health care programs to individuals, companies, hospitals, and insurers, at nearly 20 locations, primarily in the northeast US....

NutriSystem can help you trim your waistline online. Visitors to the nutrisystem.com Web site can order from the company's more than 100 portion-controlled, shelf-stable foods and supplements, as well as look into individualized calorie plans, one-on-one counseling, behavior modification, and exercise education and maintenance plans....

Health Management Group's four-course meal for weight control includes the diet planning centers Physicians Weight Loss Centers, Diet Center, Form You 3, and a nutritional supplement brand, Thermogenics. With more than 150 US locations, nearly 10 in Canada, and one in Bermuda, the company offers weight management services that include supplements, meal replacement programs, restricted-calorie plans, nutritional advice and planning, and support programs....