Weight Watchers

Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 41, Issue 3

The world’s biggest dieting conglomerate, Weight Watchers, has abandoned its old calorie-based points system and will now concentrate on amounts and types of protein, carbohydrate, fibre and fat contained in food. Their new system is very similar to the lifestyle nutrition programme pioneered by Britain’s favourite weight loss programme – All About Weight.