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How To Calculate Your Weight Watchers PointsClick on the image below for
details of this Weight Watchers book: ![]() Weight Watchers Versatile Vegetarian Weight Watchers has been about for a long time and has proved to be a fabulously successful commercial diet program that revolves around a balance of low fat nutrition, exercise and guidance. Food is allotted a points value and members make use of a points calculator and recipes that are provided by the program. Members are also encouraged to attend counseling session in their local area for both advice and ideas and to help with the lifestyle changes that go along with not just this but any diet program. Members can also get online support together with online calculators and menus. To further help participants, Weight Watchers have their own line of meals that can be bought at many of the larger grocery chains. A points value is assigned to a variety of foods according to the portion size, the calories that portion contains, the quantity of fiber and the amount of fat contained in each serving. In general, foods which are high in fat have a high points value and high fiber foods have a low points value. The daily allowance for dieters is then dependent upon such things as his or her body weight and target weight. The formula for calculating a points value is:
Where: p = Points | c = Calories | f = Fat Grams | r = Dietary fiber Grams (Please note: when considering the term (min{r, 4}) a maximum of 4 grams of fiber are used in the calculation. In other words, if the actual dietary figure is lower than 4 this figure is used, however, where the figure is over 4 then 4 is used. Below are some examples of the points scores given to particular foods:
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