Talk:Medifast, Inc.

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I'm not sure the URL needs to have Inc in it. Other companies like Cisco Systems don't need Inc in the URL. Having it in the title of the page is fine. But, I think the node can be renamed to just Medifast. There's no confusion there and anyone looking for the products gets a direct link there anyhow.

209.28.174.18 16:08, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I see your point... the reason I added the "Inc" is because of the ease of confusion between the company name and the product name. Most people that search for "Medifast" aren't necessarily looking for the company, but for the diet. As such, I think it's appropriate to put "Inc" after the name as a descriptive identifier. For example, when people want to find information on a Cisco router, they don't search on "Cisco Systems," they search on "router" or "Cisco router" or something like that. --Jhortman 17:05, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought about it later, just forgot to remove the comment. The issue is that the Medifast product is the dominant interpretation of the term medifast, whereas with Cisco it's not. Thanks for manning the page as it were. -- 209.28.174.18 19:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Medifast Deaths

I have removed an edit by IP editor 70.137.81.118 concerning purported FDA findings that Medifast was responsible for some deaths. I was going to just put a {{fact}} tag on it, but I did a considerable amount of searching on the internet, including the FDA website, and found no articles discussing any reported deaths that were attributable to Medifast. I did, however, find an article on the FDA website saying the Medifast was one of the diet products that did an ultra-low calorie diet "the right way." That article is here. Given these circumstances, and the fact that the editor was an IP editor, I decided to just remove it. If the original editor wants to add it back, please cite your source when doing so. --Jhortman 19:26, 30 June 2007 (UTC)