Nutrisystem Tops List for Best Value in Weight Loss Category

HORSHAM, Pa.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- With millions of Americans making it their New Year’s resolution to lose weight and lead a healthier lifestyle, and with the cost of some diet programs rising as high as $10,000 per year¹, Nutrisystem has been credited by two of the nation’s most respected media outlets for helping consumers shed pounds without lightening their wallets.

As part of its reporting on the weight loss category, SmartMoney magazine recognized Nutrisystem for providing consumers with the “best value” when it compared six of the most popular weight loss programs – topping such companies as Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, Atkins Diet, South Beach Diet and Medifast for value. Separately, CBS MoneyWatch reported Nutrisystem as the “least expensive” meal delivery program and “worth the money”, and that “for a meal-delivery diet system, Nutrisystem is more economical than Jenny Craig.”

“While you cannot place a price tag on good health, at Nutrisystem we have made it our priority to make living a healthy lifestyle more affordable and accessible to our customers with nutritionally balanced meal plans and offering the support to help them succeed,” said Joe Redling, Chairman and CEO of Nutrisystem, Inc. “Our customers are tightening their belts because of the results they are seeing from Nutrisystem, not because of the impact that it has on their wallets.”

“In addition, based on a recent National Business Research Institute survey of our customers, four out of five say that Nutrisystem is the best value for their money over any other weight loss program they have tried, and that it was the best investment they have made in themselves*” said Chris Terrill, Chief Marketing Officer of Nutrisystem, Inc.

Read the full articles at SmartMoney magazine and CBS MoneyWatch.

About Nutrisystem, Inc.

Nutrisystem, Inc. (NASDQ: NTRI) is a leading provider of weight management products and services. Nutrisystem is sold direct to the consumer through nutrisystem.com, by phone, and at select retailers, for convenient home delivery. The Company offers proven nutritionally balanced weight loss programs designed for women, men, and seniors, as well as the clinically tested Nutrisystem D plan, designed to help people with type 2 diabetes who want to lose weight. The Nutrisystem program is based on 35 years of nutrition research and offers a variety of great tasting, satisfying high-fiber, heart healthy, good carbohydrate meals that are low on the Glycemic Index and contain zero trans fats. Nutrisystem is hundreds of dollars cheaper than other weight loss programs, based on a survey by National Business Research Institute (October 2008). The program has no membership fees and provides 24/7 weight management support by trained weight loss coaches and online weight management tools free of charge. In 2009 Nutrisystem was selected as the #1 overall online retailer in the Food and Drug category and #46 out of the top 500 online retailers overall by Internet Retailer Magazine. Nutrisystem is proud to support the American Diabetes Association and the movement to stop diabetes. For more information or to become a customer visit http://www.nutrisystem.com or call 1-800-435-4074.

¹ Angie C. Marek, “The Skinny on Big, Fat Diet Programs” SmartMoney magazine, January 2010

*Results of August 2009 Nutrisystem sponsored National Business Institute Institute survey of Nutrisystem customers.

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