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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Linda Huett, President and Chief Executive Officer of Weight Watchers International, Inc., certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Weight Watchers International, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
the period covered by this annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual
report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)
for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is
being prepared;
(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this annual report based
on such evaluation; and
(c) Disclosed in this annual report any change in the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter that has
materially affected, or in reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal
control over financial reporting.
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the
Audit Committee of the registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information, and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: March 18, 2004 Signature: /s/ LINDA HUETT
Linda Huett
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)