Success for one of the USAToday weight loss challenge dieters – reduced calorie intake to about 1500 a day and regular exercise has helped one dieter drop 16 pounds.

From Forbes –

Jenny Craig will end an ad campaign featuring actress Valerie Bertinelli as part of a legal settlement with Weight Watchers International.

The settlement ends a federal lawsuit filed by Weight Watchers against rival weight loss company Jenny Craig over an ad campaign that Weight Watchers said was supported by neither fact nor science.

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