weight watchers sues jenny craig

[Amby 490]

Weight Watchers International is suing rival weight-loss company Jenny Craig over ads it says are misleading and deceptive.

Weight Watchers, based in New York, says in the suit that Jenny Craig is running ads that refer to a study comparing Weight Watchers current weight-loss program and Jenny Craig's pre-packaged meals system.

But Weight Watchers says no such study has been done and the claims in the ads are not supported by fact or science.

"It is outrageous that Jenny Craig is trying to trick and fool consumers through this blatantly misleading advertising campaign, which makes clearly false and unsupported claims,” David Kirchhoff, Weight Watchers president and CEO said in a news release “The fact that Jenny Craig chose to deceptively try to compare themselves to Weight Watchers in a manner that is clearly unsupported by fact or science suggests to us a lack of confidence in their own current offerings.”

The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court in New York City. It asks for an injunction and damages along with a ban of the ads.

A call to Jenny Craig Inc., based in Carlsbad, Calif., was not immediately returned.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583375...test=latestnews

ps. someone please fix the typo in the title

[Nina~ 431]

typo typo typo

[Peikko 1,575]

Outrageous that an advertiser might make unfounded claims? Indeed.

[DEDixon 39]

Outrageous that an advertiser might make unfounded claims? Indeed.

so true babe.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

And to think, you would not need either of these programs if you just simply put down the fork....

"fatty"

[Darnell 8,478]

Amby - this is a better topic - new week, new topic, ah? no more @#%@s wrinkles, ah?

[Amby 490]

I've been slacking this week with my ####### topics

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Title edited as requested

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

I've been slacking this week with my ####### topics

amby has a slack #######!

[MissStacey 1]

I lost 35 pounds with Weight Watchers 6 years ago. It's a great program. You choose what you eat, you eat real food. You don't have to deny yourself any food you want to eat- you just need to balance the rest of the week or use your flex points if you want to splurge a little.

[SMR 368]

There's only one way to settle this: sumo wrestling in the mud. Each fat camp will be required to put forth one champion and the case will be decided in a best of 3, winner takes all format.