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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-17-029617
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170525
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170525
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170525

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MEDIFAST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000910329
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2090]
		IRS NUMBER:				133714405
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-218243
		FILM NUMBER:		17871014

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11445 CRONHILL DRIVE
		CITY:			OWINGS MILLS
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21117
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7327640619

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11445 CRONHILL DRIVE
		CITY:			OWINGS MILLS
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21117

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HEALTHRITE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951120

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	XX
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950619

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	00
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950619
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 25, 2017</B></P>

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STATES</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT><BR>
<B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT><BR>
<B><I>UNDER</I></B><BR>
<B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 24pt"><B>Medifast,
Inc.</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>13-3714405</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in">(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Medifast, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>3600 Crondall Lane</B><BR>
<B>Owings Mills, Maryland 21117</B><BR>
(<I>Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Medifast, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012
Share Incentive Plan </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Jason L. Groves, Esq.<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel &amp; Corporate Secretary</B></P>

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3600 Crondall Lane<BR>
Owings Mills, Maryland<BR>
Tel: (410) 581-8042</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Bryan Brown, Esq.<BR>
Reed Smith LLP<BR>
811 Main Street, Suite 1700<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
Tel: (713) 469-3894</B></P>

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<I>(Name, address and telephone number (including area code) of agent for service)</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated
filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT><BR> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>maximum</B></FONT><BR> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>offering price</B></FONT><BR> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>per share<SUP>(3)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT><BR> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>maximum</B></FONT><BR> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>aggregate</B></FONT><BR> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>offering price<SUP>(3)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Amount of<BR> registration fee</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 44%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">600,000</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">42.85</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">25,710,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right">2,979.79</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement
also covers such indeterminable number of additional shares of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share
(the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), that become issuable under the Medifast, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Share Incentive Plan,
as amended and restated (the &ldquo;Amended and Restated 2012 Plan&rdquo;), by reason of any stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalization
or similar transactions.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD>Represents 600,000 additional shares of Common Stock that are available for grant under the Amended and Restated 2012 Plan,
as amended and approved by the Registrant&rsquo;s stockholders at its annual meeting on May 18, 2017.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(3)</TD><TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities
Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices for the Common
Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 19, 2017, which date is within five business days prior to filing this
Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Registration Statement
is filed by the Registrant pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register an additional 600,000 shares of the Registrant&rsquo;s
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), which may be awarded under the Medifast, Inc. Amended
and Restated 2012 Share Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). On May 18, 2017, the Registrant&rsquo;s stockholders approved
the amendment and restatement of the Plan that increased by 600,000 the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which
the Registrant may make awards under the Plan. The contents of the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
April 18, 2013 registering 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock (Commission File No. 333-187374) is incorporated herein by reference
and made a part hereof except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The information specified
in Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities
Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participants in the Plan, as required by Rule 428 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part
of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit </B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 88%; padding-top: 0; padding-right: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description of Documents</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Medifast, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2017)(File No. 001-31573)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Reed Smith LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of RSM US LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Owings Mills, State of Maryland, on May 25, 2017.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Medifast, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; width: 45%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Daniel R. Chard</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Daniel R. Chard</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY
THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, Daniel R. Chard and Timothy G. Robison
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-
effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and any registration statement relating to the offering covered by this Registration
Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Signature</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Date</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Michael C. MacDonald</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman and Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael C. MacDonald</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Daniel R. Chard</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer </FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(<I>Principal Executive Officer</I>) and Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Daniel R. Chard</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Timothy G. Robinson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer </FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(<I>Principal Financial Officer</I>)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017 </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Timothy G. Robinson</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Joseph P. Kelleman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Vice President of Finance</FONT></P>
                                                           <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(<I>Principal Accounting Officer</I>)</FONT></P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Joseph P. Kelleman</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Jeffrey J. Brown</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017 </FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Jeffrey J. Brown</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Kevin G. Byrnes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Kevin G. Byrnes</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Charles P. Connolly</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Charles P. Connolly</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Constance J. Hallquist</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Constance J. Hallquist</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Carl E. Sassano</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Carl E. Sassano</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Scott Schlackman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Scott Schlackman</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center">/s/ Glenn W. Welling</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">May 25, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Glenn W. Welling</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 88%; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description of Document</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Medifast, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Share Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2017)(File No. 001-31573) </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Reed Smith LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of RSM US LLP </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 50%; padding: 0; text-align: right; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0">Reed Smith LLP<BR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">May 25, 2017</P>

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3600 Crondall Lane<BR>
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Re:&nbsp; Registration Statement on Form
S-8</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">We have acted as counsel to Medifast, Inc. a Delaware corporation
(the &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on Form S-8
(the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) filed by the Corporation on May 25, 2017 with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
of an additional 600,000 shares of the Corporation 's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &ldquo;Shares&rdquo;), issuable
pursuant to the Medifast, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Share Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Amended and Restated 2012 Plan&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In connection with the foregoing, we have examined originals
or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public
officials, and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion. As to any
facts material to the opinions expressed herein, which were not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements,
representations and certifications of officers and other representatives of the Corporation and others.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares
have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated 2012 Plan upon receipt by the
corporation of adequate consideration therefor, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Our opinion is based (i) as to matters of law solely on applicable
provisions of the laws of the state of Delaware and we express no opinions as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances rules, or
regulations, and (ii) on such corporate records as we deemed necessary or appropriate</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Sincerely,</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ Reed Smith LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Reed Smith LLP</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center">Consent of Independent Registered
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Statement on Form S-8 of Medifast, Inc. of our reports dated March 16, 2017, relating to the consolidated financial statements
and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Medifast, Inc. and subsidiaries, appearing in the Annual
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Baltimore, Maryland</P>

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