UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
                                October 19, 2004

                           USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                           Commission File No. 0-21116


                   Utah                                 87-0500306
      (State or other jurisdiction of           (IRS Employer Identification
              incorporation)                              Number)

                           3838 West Parkway Boulevard
                           Salt Lake City, Utah 84120
               (Address of principal executive offices, Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (801) 954-7100

   Former name or former address, if changed since last report: Not Applicable




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Item 2.02      Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October 19, 2004, USANA Health Sciences, Inc. issued a press release
announcing its financial results for the third quarter ended October 2, 2004.
The release also announced that executives of the company would discuss these
results with investors on a conference call broadcast over the World Wide Web
and by telephone and provided access numbers, dates and times for the conference
call. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The company
will also post this document on its corporate website,
www.usanahealthsciences.com, under the "investors" link.

The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be
deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.
The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference
into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended. The furnishing of the information in this Current Report is
not intended to, and does not, constitute a representation that such furnishing
is required by Regulation FD or that the information this Current Report
contains is material investor information that is not otherwise publicly
available.


Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits

               (c)     Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1   Press release issued by USANA Health Sciences, Inc. dated October
               19, 2004




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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                     USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC.


                                     By: /s/ Gilbert A. Fuller
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                                     Gilbert A. Fuller, Chief Financial Officer

Date: October 19, 2004



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