A History of Weight Watchers

Written by Kathy A. Brewis


Weight Watchers has been around for a long time. I can remember my mom telling me aboutrepparttar time that she was on Weight Watchers back inrepparttar 136556 1970’s. Fromrepparttar 136557 description she was able to give to me and from what I was currently hearing about, it wasrepparttar 136558 same program but with a different approach. Of course, there were some food differences inrepparttar 136559 two programs but overallrepparttar 136560 old program and new program basically hadrepparttar 136561 same goal, and that was to help people lose weight.

It all started with one woman’s frustration with losing weight. She was an ordinary housewife who had tried every fad diet known to mankind. In desperation she turned to a free diet clinic in New York City. She stuck withrepparttar 136562 diet and lost 20 lbs but soon lost her motivation. She then called up a few of overweight friends and they started meeting together at each others house. From meeting together they determined that losing weight was more than just a diet. It was also about changing one’s habits and getting support from people who cared.

In 1963, Weight Watchers became incorporated and had their first public meeting in a loft in Queens, New York. The meeting was not advertised so it was a surprise to find 400 people outsiderepparttar 136563 doors to loft waiting forrepparttar 136564 meeting to begin. The company rapidly began to expand as their former members branched out and formed franchises aroundrepparttar 136565 United States and abroad.

There were changes made torepparttar 136566 basic food plan asrepparttar 136567 nutritional findings further developed. Weight Watchers also introduced a behavior management program based onrepparttar 136568 belief thatrepparttar 136569 best way to control weight is to change bad eating habits. In 1978, an exercise program was added, which made Weight Watchersrepparttar 136570 first dieting organization to place importance of walking torepparttar 136571 overall fitness of an individual.

Room Air Purifier - Small and Economical Appliance to Serve Your Special Need

Written by Matt West


You have limited budget but your need of an air purification system is great; an easy option available is to choose a room Air Purifier. It is not necessary that your budget allow yourepparttar convenience of installing an air purification system. If so, room Air Purifier is an apt answer to it. It is an effective and reasonable option when you need air purification for a small area. Portable air purifiers that can be moved from room to room help you to keeprepparttar 136555 whole area clean without any added expenditure.

The choice is yours with almost every brand offering a room air purifier to meet your requirement. Another type of small air purifier available, besides room air purifiers is personal air purifier that serves to maintain clean air in cars. Sincerepparttar 136556 past few years, indoor air pollution has risen alarmingly and thus has createdrepparttar 136557 necessity to look towards air purifier for ensuring good health. The change in building codes has resulted in poor ventilation systems causing tremendous health hazards.

You may not understand why after a few hours of work you feel drained out. A walk outsiderepparttar 136558 campus refreshes you and you continue with your work afterwards. This is because your body reacts torepparttar 136559 stale, irritable and pollutant-laden air that you inhale indoors. You can avert many air related problems by using room air purifiers that is available at considerably low price compared to installingrepparttar 136560 entire air purification systems. Apart fromrepparttar 136561 price factor, smaller air purifiers are effective even at places that do not have built-in central air systems that often make them more desirable. They are useful for old, multistory homes that do not have a good supply of central air.

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