“You can't go to a psychiatrist and have him hypnotize you and say you're not going to want any more chocolate. You have to want to do it yourself.”

About Jean Nidetch

Entrepreneur • American

Jean Nidetch was an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the weight-loss company Weight Watchers. Frustrated with her own struggles with obesity, she started a support group in her Queens home in 1961...