The whole person matters

Our customers care about keeping weight off for the long haul. And this requires more than just a focus on food. The “Four Pillars” of the Weight Watchers approach promote healthy habits, a supportive environment, and exercise, in addition to making smarter food choices. And what you learn will stay with you for a lifetime. Our members agree that it works: 97% of them say they would recommend us to a friend.

Four Pillars of our Science-based approach: behavior, support, exercise, food

The Four Pillars of our science-based approach

We’ve developed these pillars based on years of scientific research and analysis. And our 45 years of experience
helping people lose weight has taught us that each element
is equally important.

Why Weight Watchers is unique

Healthy living for any lifestyle

We all know that making better food and exercise choices is essential to sustaining weight loss. All too often, other priorities can get in the way. That’s why we offer an approach that's flexible and healthy, and designed to fit into all lifestyles.

Why Weight Watchers works for all lifestyles

Flexible food plans you can follow

Each of us has different needs, and that’s why we developed two food plans, each offering a flexible and healthy way to get to your weight-loss goal.

The Flex Plan is based on making better food choices by tracking POINTS® values.
The Core Plan® focuses on eating nutritious, satisfying foods without counting or tracking.

You decide which plan makes the most sense for you, your schedule and your life—or we
can help you choose one, if you like. Both plans are simple, easy to learn, and offer advice
to help you stick with them. And our plans are flexible enough to fit real-life situations and
still keep you satisfied.

Thinking about losing weight?

From the Weight Watchers Science Center