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details of this Weight Watchers book: ![]() Weight Watchers Take-Out Tonight! : 150+ Restaurant Favorites to Make at Home--All 8 POINTS or Less Weight Watchers has been about for many years and is a very successful commercial diet program that revolves around balancing exercise, low fat nutrition and guidance. Food is allotted a points value and members make use of a points calculator and simple to follow recipes provided by the program. Members are also encouraged to attend counseling sessions locally for both ideas and advice and to help with the changes in lifestyle that go along with any diet program. Members are also provided with online support and online menus and points calculators. As well, Weight Watchers make their own range of meals that you can get through a number of the larger grocery chains. A points value is given to a variety of foods according to the portion size, the calories that portion contains, the quantity of fiber and the amount of fat in each serving. Usually, high fat foods will have a high points value and high fiber foods will have a low points value. A dieter's daily allowance then depends upon such things as body weight and the desired weight loss. The formula used to calculate a points score 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. For instance, if the actual figure is less than 4 then this figure is used, but, if the figure is more than 4 then 4 is used. Here you will find a few examples of the points scores assigned to certain foods:
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