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Weight Watchers Chocolate PieWeight Watchers has been about for many years and is an incredibly successful commercial diet program which concentrates on balancing low fat nutrition, exercise and guidance. Items of food are given a points value and members then use a points calculator and recipes which are provided by the program. Members are also encouraged to attend counseling session in their home area to get both advice and ideas and to help with the lifestyle changes which go along with any dieting program. Members are also provided with online support as well as online menus and calculators. To further assist members, Weight Watchers make their own line of meals that you can purchase at a lot of the larger grocery chains. A points value is assigned to a variety of foods based upon the size of the portion, the calories that portion contains, the quantity of fiber and the quantity of fat contained in every serving. Generally speaking, high fat foods have a high points value and high fiber foods have a low points value. A dieter's daily allowance then depends upon such things as his or her body weight and amount of weight loss he or she wishes to achieve. The points formula is:
Where: p = Points | c = Calories | f = Fat Grams | r = Dietary fiber Grams (Please note: when considering the term (min{r, 4}) no more than 4 grams of fiber are used in the calculation. So, if the actual dietary figure is less than 4 then this figure is used, however, if the figure is more than 4 then 4 is used. Here are some examples of the points values assigned to certain foods:
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