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Medifast Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 11/3/22, at 4:51pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1628280-22-28255   ·   File #:  1-31573

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/03/22  Medifast Inc.                     10-Q        9/30/22   52:4.7M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.20M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
10: R1          Cover                                               HTML     68K 
11: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     98K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
12: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     43K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
13: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    107K 
14: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     92K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML    113K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
17: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     23K 
18: R9          Inventories                                         HTML     26K 
19: R10         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     39K 
20: R11         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     82K 
21: R12         Leases                                              HTML     32K 
22: R13         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income              HTML     24K 
23: R14         Financial Instruments                               HTML     65K 
24: R15         Debt                                                HTML     26K 
25: R16         Accelerated Share Repurchase ("Asr") Program        HTML     18K 
26: R17         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     33K 
                (Policies)                                                       
27: R18         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     26K 
28: R19         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     37K 
29: R20         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     79K 
30: R21         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     32K 
31: R22         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)     HTML     24K 
32: R23         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML     62K 
33: R24         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     31K 
34: R25         EARNINGS PER SHARE - Computation of Basic and       HTML     55K 
                Diluted EPS (Details)                                            
35: R26         EARNINGS PER SHARE - Narrative (Details)            HTML     18K 
36: R27         SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details)      HTML     77K 
37: R28         SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Stock Options Activity   HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
38: R29         SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Restricted Stock         HTML     40K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
39: R30         SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Summary of               HTML     38K 
                Performance-based Share Awards (Details)                         
40: R31         LEASES - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     29K 
41: R32         LEASES - Supplemental Cash Flow Information         HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
42: R33         LEASES - Future Minimum Lease Commitments           HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R34         ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME -            HTML     30K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details)                 
44: R35         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Cash and Financial Assets   HTML     47K 
                That are Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring                   
                Basis for Each of the Hierarchy Levels (Details)                 
45: R36         FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Narrative (Details)         HTML     18K 
46: R37         DEBT - Narrative (Details)                          HTML     42K 
47: R38         Accelerated Share Repurchase ("Asr") Program        HTML     20K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     87K 
48: XML         XBRL Instance -- med-20220930_htm                    XML   1.15M 
49: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     78K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- med-20220930_cal                XML    119K 
 7: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- med-20220930_def                 XML    229K 
 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- med-20220930_lab                      XML    912K 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- med-20220930_pre               XML    510K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- med-20220930                          XSD     81K 
51: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              245±   366K 
52: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-22-028255-xbrl      Zip    235K

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12/04/19  Medifast Inc.                     8-K/A:9     6/12/19   11:412K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/27/15  Medifast Inc.                     8-K:5,9     2/17/15    4:89K                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
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