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EXHIBIT 10.1

SUPPLEMENT TO
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

        This SUPPLEMENT, dated as of October 19, 2004 (this "Supplement"), to
the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below, is among WEIGHT WATCHERS
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Virginia corporation (the "Borrower"), certain Lenders
(such term, and other terms used in this Supplement, to have the meanings set
forth in Part I below), CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting through its Cayman
Islands Branch (the Syndication Agent for the Lenders under the Existing Credit
Agreement) and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as the Administrative Agent for the
Lenders and as the Lead Arranger for the Designated Additional Term B Loans.

W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of January 21, 2004 (as further amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the "Existing Credit Agreement"),
among the Borrower, the various financial institutions party thereto (the
"Lenders"), the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders made
(and remain committed to make) Credit Extensions to the Borrower; and

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.1.6 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the
Borrower has requested $150,000,000 of Designated Additional Term B Loans to be
made, and this Supplement is being executed and delivered to, among other
things, evidence the terms of, and give effect to the making of, such Designated
Additional Term B Loans;

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and
pursuant to Section 2.1.6 of the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Credit
Agreement is hereby supplemented as follows:

PART I
DEFINITIONS

        SUBPART 1.1. Certain Definitions. The following terms (whether or not
underscored) when used in this Supplement shall have the following meanings
(such meanings to be equally applicable to the singular and plural form
thereof):

        "Designated Additional Term B Loan Note" means a promissory note of the
Borrower, payable to the order of any Lender owed a Designated Additional Term B
Loan, in the form of Exhibit A-5 hereto (as such promissory note may be amended,
endorsed or otherwise modified from time to time), evidencing the aggregate
Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from outstanding
Designated Additional Term B Loans, and also means all other promissory notes
accepted from time to time in substitution therefor or renewal thereof.

        "Existing Credit Agreement" is defined in the first recital.

        "Supplement" is defined in the preamble.

        "Supplement Effective Date" is defined in the Subpart 3.1.

        SUBPART 1.2. Other Definitions. Terms for which meanings are provided in
the Existing Credit Agreement are, unless otherwise defined herein or the
context otherwise requires, used in this Supplement with such meanings.

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PART II
TERMS OF DESIGNATED ADDITIONAL TERM B LOANS

        SUBPART 2.1. Commitment. Subject to the terms hereof, the Borrower, the
Lenders party to this Supplement, the Syndication Agent and the Administrative
Agent agree that:

(a)in a single Borrowing occurring on the Supplement Effective Date, each Lender
a party hereto agrees (severally, and not jointly) to make a Designated
Additional Term B Loan to the Borrower in the principal amount of its commitment
opposite its name as set forth on Schedule II to this Supplement;

(b)each applicable Lender's Percentage of Designated Additional Term B Loans
shall initially be as set forth opposite its name on Schedule II hereto under
the applicable column heading and such Schedule II hereto shall supplement
Schedule II to the Credit Agreement;

(c)no amounts paid or prepaid with respect to Designated Additional Term B Loans
may be reborrowed;

(d)the "Applicable Margin" with respect to the unpaid principal amount of
Designated Additional Term B Loans maintained as (i) a Base Rate Loan shall be
0.50% per annum and (ii) a LIBO Rate Loan shall be 1.50% per annum;

(e)the Stated Maturity Date for Designated Additional Term B Loans shall be
March 31, 2010;

(f)the Borrower shall, on the Stated Maturity Date for Designated Additional
Term B Loans and on each Quarterly Payment Date occurring on or during any
period set forth below, make a scheduled repayment of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount, if any, of all Designated Additional Term B Loans in an amount
equal to the amount set forth below opposite the Stated Maturity Date or such
Quarterly Payment Date (as such amounts may have otherwise been reduced pursuant
to the Credit Agreement), as applicable:

12/31/04 through (and including) 03/31/09
 
$375,000.00
6/30/09 through (and including) Stated Maturity Date
 
$35,812,500.00; and

(g)the Designated Additional Term B Loans referred to in this Supplement are
made pursuant to Section 2.1.6 of the Existing Credit Agreement and shall be
treated as "Term Loans" for all other purposes in the Credit Agreement except as
otherwise set forth herein.

        SUBPART 2.2. Exhibit A-5. The exhibits to the Existing Credit Agreement
are hereby amended by adding Exhibit A-5 hereto.

PART III
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

        SUBPART 3.1. Effective Date. This Supplement shall become effective on
the date (the "Supplement Effective Date") when all of the conditions set forth
in this Part have been satisfied.

        SUBPART 3.1.1. Execution of Counterparts. The Administrative Agent shall
have received counterparts of this Supplement, executed on behalf of the
Borrower, the Syndication Agent, the Administrative Agent and each Lender that
will initially make the Designated Additional Term B Loans.

        SUBPART 3.1.2. Resolutions, etc. The Administrative Agent shall have
received from the Borrower (x) a copy of a good standing certificate dated a
date reasonably close to the Supplement Effective

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Date and (y) a certificate, dated the Supplement Effective Date, of its
Secretary or Assistant Secretary as to:

(a)resolutions of the Borrower's Board of Directors then in full force and
effect authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Supplement
and the Notes evidencing the Designated Additional Term B Loans; and

(b)the incumbency and signatures of the Borrower's Authorized Officers
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplement and the Notes evidencing the
Designated Additional Term B Loans;

upon which certificate each Lender may conclusively rely until such Lender shall
have received a further certificate of the Borrower canceling or amending the
prior certificate.

        SUBPART 3.1.3. Delivery of Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have
received a Note (in the form of Exhibit A-5), for the account of each applicable
Lender that has requested a Note evidencing such Lender's Designated Additional
Term B Loan, duly executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the
Borrower.

        SUBPART 3.1.4. Affirmation and Consent. The Administrative Agent shall
have received an affirmation and consent substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, dated the Supplement Effective Date and duly executed by an Authorized
Officer of each Guarantor.

        SUBPART 3.1.5. Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have
received opinions, dated the Supplement Effective Date and addressed to the
Administrative Agent and all Lenders, from:

(a)Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York counsel to the Borrower and each
other Obligor, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
and

(b)Hunton & Williams LLP, Virginia counsel to the Borrower, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

        SUBPART 3.1.6. Fees and Expenses, etc. The Administrative Agent shall
have received all fees, costs and expenses due and payable pursuant to
Section 11.3 of the Existing Credit Agreement or otherwise owing to an Agent or
a Lender.

PART IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

        To induce the Lenders and the Agents to enter into this Supplement, and
to make the Designated Additional Term B Loans on the Supplement Effective Date,
the Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Agents as set forth
below.

        SUBPART 4.1. Validity, etc. This Supplement (and the Existing Credit
Agreement as supplemented hereby) constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Borrower enforceable in accordance with its terms subject to
the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights
generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

        SUBPART 4.2. Representations and Warranties, etc. Both before and after
giving effect to this Supplement, the representations and warranties contained
in Section 5.2.1 of the Existing Credit Agreement are true and correct in all
material respects, as of the date hereof with the same effect as if then made
(unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as
of such earlier date).

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        SUBPART 4.3. Liens Unimpaired. After giving effect to this Supplement
and the incurrence of the Designated Additional Term B Loans, neither the
modification of the Existing Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this
Supplement nor the execution, delivery, performance or effectiveness of this
Supplement and the incurrence of the Debt represented by the Designated
Additional Term B Loans:

(a)impairs the validity, effectiveness or priority of the Liens granted in favor
of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents, and such Liens continue
unimpaired with the same priority to secure repayment of all Obligations
(including any Obligations arising in connection with the making of the
Designated Additional Term B Loans), whether heretofore or hereafter incurred;
or

(b)requires that any new filings be made or other action taken to perfect or to
maintain the perfection of such Liens.

PART V
MISCELLANEOUS

        SUBPART 5.1. Cross-References. References in this Supplement to any Part
or Subpart are, unless otherwise specified or otherwise required by the context,
to such Part or Subpart of this Supplement.

        SUBPART 5.2. Loan Document Pursuant to Existing Credit Agreement. This
Supplement is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement
and shall be construed, administered and applied in accordance with all of the
terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement.

        SUBPART 5.3. Successors and Assigns. This Supplement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns.

        SUBPART 5.4. Counterparts. This Supplement may be executed by the
parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which when executed and
delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall
constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page to this Supplement by facsimile shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplement.

        SUBPART 5.5. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
(INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date
first above written.

    WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
By:

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Name:
Title:
 
 
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as the Administrative Agent and as a Designated
Additional Term B Loan Lender
 
 
By:

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Name:
Title:
 
 
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch
 
 
By:

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Name:
Title:
 
 
By:

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Name:
Title:
 
 
 

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[INSERT NAME OF LENDER]
 
 
By:

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Title:

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SCHEDULE II

COMMITMENTS AND PERCENTAGES
Designated Additional Term B Loans $150,000,000 (maximum principal amount)

Designated Additional Term B Loan Lender

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  Commitment

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  Percentage

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ON FILE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT   ON FILE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT  
ON FILE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

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EXHIBIT A-5

FORM OF DESIGNATED ADDITIONAL TERM B LOAN NOTE

$               , 2004

        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, WEIGHT WATCHERS
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Virginia corporation ("WWI"), promises to pay to the
order of                        (the "Lender") the principal sum
of                         ($                        ) or, if less, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Designated Additional Term B Loans
shown on the schedule attached hereto (and any continuation thereof) made (or
continued) by the Lender pursuant to the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of January 21, 2004 (as further amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, and as further amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time the "Existing
Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, the various financial institutions party
thereto (the "Lenders"), the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent,
payable in installments as set forth in the Credit Agreement, with a final
installment (in the amount necessary to pay in full this Note) due and payable
on the Stated Maturity Date for Designated Additional Term B Loans. Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms used herein have the meanings provided in the
Credit Agreement.

        WWI also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof
from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until maturity (whether by
acceleration or otherwise) and, after maturity, until paid, at the rates per
annum and on the dates specified in the Credit Agreement.

        Payments of both principal and interest are to be made in U.S. Dollars
in same day or immediately available funds to the account designated by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

        This Note is one of the Designated Additional Term B Loan Notes referred
to in, and evidences Indebtedness incurred under, the Credit Agreement, to which
reference is made for a description of the security for this Note and for a
statement of the terms and conditions on which WWI is permitted and required to
make prepayments and repayments of principal of the Indebtedness evidenced by
this Note and on which such Indebtedness may be declared to be immediately due
and payable.

        All parties hereto, whether as makers, endorsers, or otherwise,
severally waive presentment for payment, demand, protest and notice of dishonor.

        THIS NOTE HAS BEEN DELIVERED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK AND SHALL BE DEEMED
TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.

            WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.                
 
 
By:

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Name:
Title:    

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DESIGNATED ADDITIONAL TERM B LOANS AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS

 
  Amount of Designated
Additional Term B
Loan Made

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  Amount of Principal
Repaid

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  Unpaid Principal
Balance

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Date

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  Alternate
Base Rate

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  LIBO
Rate

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  Interest Period
(If Applicable)

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  Alternate
Base Rate

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  LIBO
Rate

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  Alternate
Base Rate

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  LIBO
Rate

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  Total

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  Notation Made By

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AFFIRMATION AND CONSENT

October 19, 2004

The Bank of Nova Scotia,
    as Administrative Agent under the
    Credit Agreement referred to below

                -and-

Each of the Lenders party
    to the Credit Agreement
    referred to below

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

        This Affirmation and Consent is delivered to you pursuant to
Section 3.1.4 of the Supplement, dated as of the date hereof (the "Supplement")
among Weight Watchers International, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the
"Borrower"), the Agents and the Lenders party thereto, the Fifth Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 21, 2004 (as further amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, and as further
amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time the "Existing Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, the various financial
institutions party thereto (the "Lenders"), the Syndication Agent and the
Administrative Agent. Terms not otherwise defined herein have the meaning
assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.

        By its signature below, each of the undersigned (each a "Signatory")
hereby acknowledges, consents and agrees to the modification of the Existing
Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms and provisions set forth in the
Supplement.

        Each Signatory acknowledges that the Borrower has incurred up to
$150,000,000 of additional Debt in the form of Designated Additional Term B
Loan. Also, each Signatory hereby reaffirms, as of the Supplement Effective Date
(as defined in the Supplement), (i) the covenants and agreements contained in
each Loan Document to which it is a party, in each case, as such covenants and
agreements may be modified by the Credit Agreement, (ii) its guarantee of
payment of the Obligations pursuant to the applicable Guaranty, and (iii) its
pledges and other grants of Liens in respect of the Obligations pursuant to the
applicable Loan Documents to which such Signatory is a party.

        Each Signatory hereby represents and warrants that, immediately after
giving effect to the Supplement, (i) no Default has occurred and is continuing,
and (ii) each Loan Document, to which it is a party continues to be a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the undersigned, enforceable against such party
in accordance with their respective terms (except, in any case, as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by
principles of equity).

        Each Signatory further confirms that each Loan Document, to which it is
a party, is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and the same are
hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, except that upon the occurrence
of the Supplement Effective Date, all references in such Loan Documents to the
"Credit Agreement", "Loan Documents", "thereunder", "thereof", or words of
similar import shall mean the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as
the case may be, in each case after giving effect to the Supplement.

        Each Signatory hereby acknowledges and agrees that the acceptance by the
Administrative Agent and each Lender of this document shall not be construed in
any manner to establish (or indicate) any

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course of dealing on the Administrative Agent's or any Lender's part, including
the providing of any notice or the requesting of any acknowledgment not
otherwise expressly provided for in any Loan Document with respect to any future
amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any Loan Document or any
arrangement contemplated by any Loan Document.

        This Affirmation and Consent is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the
Credit Agreement and shall be construed, administered and applied in accordance
with all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement. This Affirmation
and Consent shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns.

        THIS AFFIRMATION AND CONSENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER
AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING FOR SUCH
PURPOSES SECTION 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK).

        This Affirmation and Consent may be executed in any number of
counterparts by the parties hereto, each of which counterparts when so executed
shall be an original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and
the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to
this Affirmation and Consent by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Affirmation and Consent.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed and delivered
this Affirmation and Consent as of the date first above written.

    WEIGHT WATCHERS UK HOLDING LTD
 
 
By:
       

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Title:
 
 
WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL
HOLDINGS LTD
 
 
By:
       

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Title:
 
 
WEIGHT WATCHERS U.K. LTD
 
 
By:
       

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Title:
 
 
WAIST WATCHERS, INC.
WEIGHT WATCHERS DIRECT, INC.
WEIGHT WATCHERS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
W/W TWENTYFIRST CORPORATION
W.W. WEIGHT REDUCTION SERVICES, INC.
W.W.I. EUROPEAN SERVICES, LTD
W.W. INVENTORY SERVICE CORP.
58 WW FOOD CORP.
WEIGHT WATCHERS CAMPS, INC.
W.W. CAMPS AND SPAS, INC.
 
 
By:
       

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Title:
 
 
WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD
 
 
By:
       

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By:
       

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FORTUITY PTY LTD
 
 
By:
       

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Title:
 
 
By:
       

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Title:
 
 
GUTBUSTERS PTY LTD
 
 
By:
       

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Title:
 
 
By:
       

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Title:
 
 
WW FUNDING CORP.
 
 
By:
       

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Title:
 
 
ARTAL LUXEMBOURG S.A.
 
 
By:
       

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