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Weight Watchers Diet On LineWeight Watchers has been about for a long time now and is a tremendously successful diet program that concentrates on balancing exercise, low fat nutrition and guidance. Items of food are assigned a points value and members make use of a points calculator and a wide range of recipes that are provided by the program. Participants are also encouraged to attend counseling session in their home area to get both ideas and advice and to help with the lifestyle changes that accompany any diet plan. There is also online support together with online menus and points calculators. In addition, Weight Watchers make their own line of meals that you can buy through a lot of the larger grocery chains. A points value is allocated to various foods according to the portion size, the calories that portion contains, the quantity of fiber and the quantity of fat contained in every serving. Usually, foods which are high in fat have a high points value and high fiber foods have a low points value. A dieter's daily allowance then depends on such things as body weight and amount of weight loss he or she wishes to achieve. The formula for calculating a points value is:
Where: p = Points | c = Calories | f = Fat Grams | r = Dietary fiber Grams (Note: in the term (min{r, 4}) a maximum of 4 grams of fiber are used in the calculation. That means that, if the actual dietary figure is lower than 4 this figure is used, but, where the figure is more than 4 then 4 is used. Here you can see some examples of the points assigned to certain foods:
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