eDiets.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:DIET) is a leading provider of weight loss services, information and products based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Millions of people have visited the company's flagship website, www.ediets.com, which was a Forbes.com pick for "Best of the Web" in the diet and nutrition category. The company generates revenue in five ways: We sell subscriptions to our online weight-loss program. We sell subscriptions to our home meal delivery weight loss program. We derive licensing revenues for the use of our intellectual property, and development/consulting revenues for the design and implementation of private-label nutrition websites. We sell advertising throughout our content assets, which are our diet, fitness and healthy lifestyle-oriented web sites. We sell diet, nutritional and fitness products through our online store. We pioneered online dieting. We have been offering subscriptions to our online weight-loss program in the United States since 1998, when we launched our first diet plan. Our online programs are personalized according to an individual's weight goals, and food and cooking preferences. Members have access to shopping lists, recipes and weight management tools. eDiets offers approximately twenty different digital diet plans, some of which we have developed and some of which we have licensed from third parties. We have been offering our home meal delivery service in the United States since 2006. Our meal delivery service ships chill-fresh, nutritionally balanced meals, snacks and desserts directly to the doors of customers seeking a convenient way to eat well and lose weight. Customers can choose a 5-day or 7-day plan that includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and a snack. Our meals were named Epicurious.com's "Top Pick" among weight loss meal delivery services for Best Taste and Nutrition. Both our online and meal delivery subscribers have access to a wide array of support services, including access to registered dietitians, nutritionists, a fitness expert, interactive online information, online communities, articles, message boards and online meetings. Our advertising revenues are derived from our flagship website, www.ediets.com. The site includes free, regularly updated content developed primarily by our in-house editorial staff. Content is grouped into "channels" including Diet & Nutrition, Fitness, Mind & Body, Health, Food & Recipes and Success Stories. Additional advertising revenues are generated through placements in our free, opt-in email newsletters and through placements within the subscription sales process. In 2009, we re-established our online store where customers can purchase nutritional supplements and other diet related products such as fitness equipment and exercise videos.

Nutrisystem, Inc. (Nutrisystem) is a provider of a weight management system. The Company s customers purchase monthly food packages containing a 28-day supply of breakfasts, lunches, dinners and desserts, which they supplement with dairy, fruit, salad, vegetables and low-glycemic carbohydrate items. Its customers order on an auto-delivery basis (Auto-Delivery), in which it sends a month s food supply on an ongoing basis until notified by the customer to stop its shipments. Its product offerings also include a combination of its ready-to-go food and its fresh-frozen line of menu items. It sells its weight management program through a direct-to-consumer sales and distribution approach using the Internet and telephone.

Weight Watchers International, Inc. (WWI) is a global-branded consumer company and a provider of weight management services, operating globally through a network of Company-owned and franchise operations. Through WeightWatchers.com, the Company offers Internet subscription weight management products to consumers and maintains an interactive presence on the Internet for the Weight Watchers brand. As of December 31, 2011, it provided two Internet subscription offerings: Weight Watchers Online and Weight Watchers eTools. Weight Watchers Online provides interactive and personalized resources that allow users to follow its weight management plans via the Internet. WWI offers its two Internet subscription products in eleven countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. In April 27, 2011, WWI acquired the 49% minority equity interest in a joint venture with Groupe DANONE S.A.