Study #: 1763

Published: 02/2004

Pages: 197

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Weight Control Products and Services to 2008 - Market Research, Market Share, Market Size, Sales, Demand Forecast, Market Leaders, Company Profiles, Industry Trends

The US weight control market will grow 6.7 percent annually through 2008. The weight loss segment will remain dominant based on a larger customer base and a wider range of products and services. Meal replacements (e.g., low carb beverages, nutrition bars) will lead product gains while gastric bypass and gastric banding surgeries pace services.

This study analyzes the $15.2 billion US weight control products and services industry. It presents historical demand data (1993, 1998, 2003) and forecasts to 2008 and 2013 by weight control product (e.g., nutritional preparations, prescription drugs, meal replacements, meal and dietary supplements); and service (e.g., weight loss surgical procedures, medically supervised and commercial weight control programs, community services).

The study also examines the market environment, details industry structure and market share, and profiles 34 leading competitors including Abbott Laboratories, Baxter International, Weight Watchers International, Unilever, B. Braun Medical, Roche Holding, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Jenny Craig, and Health Management Group.

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                           TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                    
  
  SECTION                                                          PAGE
  
         INTRODUCTION                                                ix
  
   I.    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY                                            1
  
  II.    MARKET ENVIRONMENT                                           4
         General                                                      4
         Economic Factors                                             6
           Recent Economic Trends                                     7
           Long-Term Economic Projections                             7
         Demographic Patterns                                         9
         Trends in Health Care                                       10
           Health Insurance & Reimbursement Trends                   11
           Medical Conditions                                        13
           Acute Conditions                                          14
           Chronic Conditions                                        16
           National Health Expenditures                              18
           Medical Providers                                         21
         Patient Activity                                            23
         Weight-Related Conditions                                   26
           Overweight Conditions                                     27
              Obesity                                                28
              Other Overweight Conditions                            30
           Other Weight-Related Conditions                           31
              Anorexia Nervosa                                       32
              Bulimia Nervosa                                        34
              Cachexia                                               35
              Low Birth Weight                                       36
              All Other Weight-Related Conditions                    37
         Regulatory Considerations                                   37
         
  III.   MARKET OVERVIEW                                             39
         General                                                     39
         Weight Control & Related Markets                            40
           Products                                                  41
              Diet Foods & Beverages                                 42
              Parenteral & Enteral Nutritional Preparations          43
              Prescription Drugs                                     43
              Publications & Audio/Visual Aids                       44
              Meal Replacements                                      44
              Meal Supplements                                       45
              Dietary Supplements                                    45
           Services                                                  46
              Health Clubs                                           46
              Surgical Weight Loss Procedures                        46
              Medically Supervised Weight Control Programs           47
              Commercial Weight Loss Programs                        47
              Community Weight Control Services                      47
         Historical Demand Patterns                                  48
         Applications                                                49
           Weight Loss Products & Services                           50
           Weight Gain & Maintenance Products & Services             52
         Pricing Trends                                              54
         US Trade                                                    56
         International Markets                                       57
         
  IV.    PRODUCTS                                                    60
         General                                                     60
         Parenteral & Enteral Nutritional Preparations               62
           Parenteral Nutritional Preparations                       63
              Total Parenteral Nutritional (TPN) Preparations        64
              Specialty Parenteral Nutritional Preparations          65
           Enteral Nutritional Preparations                          66
              Balanced Enteral Formulations                          68
              Specialty Enteral Formulations                         69
         Prescription Weight Control Drugs                           69
           Anti-Emetic Agents                                        70
           Appetite Suppressants                                     71
           Antidepressants                                           73
           Other Weight Control Drugs                                74
         Meal Replacements                                           75
           Liquid & Powder Meal Replacement Beverages                76
           Health Bars                                               80
         Meal Supplements                                            81
           General Adult Nutritionals                                82
              ENSURE Nutritionals                                    83
              BOOST & NUTRAMENT Nutritionals                         84
           Pediatric Nutritionals                                    85
           Disease-Specific Adult Nutritionals                       86
         Dietary Supplements                                         88
           Ephedra-Based Preparations                                90
           Herbal- & Plant-Based Products                            91
           PPA-Based Preparations                                    96
           Other Weight Control Dietary Supplements                  97
           
   V.    SERVICES                                                   101
         General                                                    101
         Weight Loss Surgical Procedures                            103
           Gastric Bypass Surgery                                   104
           Gastric Banding                                          105
         Medically Supervised Weight Control Programs               107
           Hospital Programs                                        108
           Other Medically Supervised Weight Control Programs       110
         Commercial Weight Loss Programs                            111
           In-Center Programs                                       112
              Weight Watchers International                         113
              Jenny Craig International                             114
              Health Management Group                               115
              Other In-Center Weight Loss Programs                  116
           Internet Weight Loss Programs                            116
              eDiet                                                 117
              Global Health and Fitness                             117
              Mommy Style                                           118
              Nutricise                                             118
         Community Weight Control Services                          118
                     
  VI.    INDUSTRY STRUCTURE                                         121
         General                                                    121
         Market Share                                               122
           Weight Control Products                                  124
           Weight Control Services                                  125
         Competitive Strategies                                     126
         Mergers & Acquisitions                                     128
         Licensing & Related Agreements                             131
         Product Development Trends                                 133
         Channels of Distribution                                   135
           Health Care                                              137
           Retail                                                   138
           Internet & Other Channels of Distribution                140
         Marketing & Franchising                                    141
         Manufacturing                                              143
         Company Profiles                                           144
           Abbott Laboratories                                      145
           Aventis SA                                               148
           Barr Pharmaceuticals Incorporated                        149
           Baxter International Incorporated                        150
           Biotest Laboratories LLC                                 152
           Braun (B.) Melsungen AG                                  153
           Bristol-Myers Squibb Company                             154
           Cambridge Nutraceutical, see Baxter International           
           Chattem Incorporated                                     156
           Clintec Nutrition, see Baxter International 
           Craig (Jenny) Incorporated                               157
           Cytodyne Technologies Incorporated, see Nutraquest
           Diet Center, see Health Management Group Incorporated       
           Ethicon Endo-Surgery, see Johnson & Johnson
           Form You 3, see Health Management Group Incorporated        
           GlaxoSmithKline plc                                      159
           Harkness Pharmaceuticals Incorporated                    161
           Health Management Group Incorporated                     162
           Hoffmann-La Roche Incorporated, see Roche Holding
           Inamed Corporation                                       165
           Johnson & Johnson                                        166
           McNeil Nutritionals, see Johnson & Johnson                  
           Mead Johnson Nutritionals, see Bristol-Myers Squibb
           Met-RX USA Incorporated, see NBTY Incorporated              
           Metabolife International Incorporated                    167
           MuscleTech Research and Development Incorporated         168
           NBTY Incorporated                                        169
           Nutraquest Incorporated                                  172
           NVE Pharmaceuticals Incorporated                         173
           NX Nutraceuticals Incorporated                           174
           Obtech Medical AG, see Johnson & Johnson                    
           PatentHEALTH LLC                                         175
           Pfizer Incorporated                                      176
           Pharmavite LLC                                           177
           Physicians Weight Loss Centers of America, see 
              Health Management Group Incorporated                     
           Phytopharm plc                                           178
           Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited                             180
           Rexall Sundown Incorporated, see NBTY Incorporated          
           Roche Holding Limited                                    181
           Ross Products, see Abbott Laboratories                      
           Royal Numico NV                                          183
           Sanofi-Synthelabo                                        184
           Shaklee Corporation, see Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical
           Slim-Fast Foods Company, see Unilever Group                 
           Takeda Chemical Industries Limited                       185
           Twinlab Corporation                                      187
           Unilever Group                                           189
           Vitaquest International Incorporated                     191
           Weight Watchers International Incorporated               192
           Windmill Health Products, see Vitaquest International
           WW Foods LLC, see Weight Watchers Incorporated              
           Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Company Limited                195
           ZonePerfect Nutrition Company, see Abbott Laboratories      
  
    


                                 LIST OF TABLES
                                   
    TABLE NUMBER                                                   PAGE
  
  
         SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
         Summary Table                                                3
  
         SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
    1    Macroeconomic Indicators                                     6
    2    Population & Age Distribution                               10
    3    Medical Conditions                                          14
    4    Acute Conditions                                            15
    5    Chronic Conditions                                          18
    6    National Health Expenditures                                21
    7    Medical Providers                                           23
    8    Patient Activity                                            25
    9    Weight-Related Conditions                                   26
   10    Overweight Conditions by Type                               28
   11    Obesity Health Care Costs                                   30
   12    Other Weight-Related Conditions                             32
   13    Anorexia Health Care Costs                                  34
  
         SECTION III -- MARKET OVERVIEW
    1    Weight Control Products & Services Demand                   39
    2    Weight Control & Related Markets                            41
    3    Weight Control Products & Services Demand Patterns, 
           1993-2003                                                 49
    4    Weight Control Products & Services Demand by Application    50
    5    Weight Loss Products & Services Demand by Type              52
    6    Weight Gain & Maintenance Products & Services 
           Demand by Type                                            54
    7    Price Indices for Selected Weight Control Markets           56
    8    World Demand - Weight Control Products & Services           59
  
         SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS
    1    Weight Control Products Demand by Category                  61
    2    Parenteral & Enteral Preparations Demand by Type            63
    3    Parenteral Nutritional Preparations Demand by Type          64
    4    Enteral Nutritional Preparations Demand by Type             68
    5    Prescription Weight Control Drugs Demand by Type            70
    6    Meal Replacements Demand by Type                            76
    7    Meal Supplements Demand by Type                             82
    8    Weight Control Dietary Supplements Demand by Type           90
  
         SECTION V -- SERVICES
    1    Weight Control Services Demand by Category                 102
    2    Weight Loss Surgical Procedures Demand                     104
    3    Medically Supervised Weight Control Programs Demand by
           Provider                                                 108
    4    Commercial Weight Loss Programs Demand by Type             112
    5    Community Weight Control Services Demand                   120
  
         SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
    1    US Weight Control Industry Sales by Company, 2003          123
    2    Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures                       129
    3    Selected Cooperative Agreements                            132
    4    Weight Control Products & Services Demand by Channel 
           of Distribution                                          136
    5    Health Care Channels of Distribution - Weight Control 
           Products & Services                                      138
    6    Retail Channels of Distribution - Weight Control Products 
           & Services                                               140
    7    Internet & Other  Channels of Distribution - Weight
           Control Products & Services                              141
  
    

                            LIST OF CHARTS
                                   
    CHART NUMBER                                                   PAGE
  
  
         SECTION III -- MARKET OVERVIEW
    1    Weight Control Products & Services Demand by Type           40
  
         SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS
    1    Weight Control Products Demand by Category, 2003            62
  
         SECTION V -- SERVICES
    1    Weight Control Services Demand by Category, 2003           102
  
         SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE                              
    1    Weight Control Products Market Share by Company, 2003      124
    2    Weight Control Services Market Share by Company, 2003      125
    3    Weight Control Products & Services Demand by Channel 
           of Distribution, 2003                                    136

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