Weight Watchers Review
Written By: admin in Weight Loss on November 22, 2008
Probably one of the household names in the weight loss industry weight watchers has been around since 1963 by a home maker Jean Nidetch in Brooklyn. Nowadays it is active in 30 countries World Wide and having gone through much testing and developed over years as you would expect.
The basic premise was that you would go to a meeting a set periods and meet with like minded people. Get weighed and get some advice from the local weight watchers representative. This has worked for years though with the advancement of the internet you can now meet online and helped get helped by lots of people.
There are many products associated with the weight watchers brand and there are nowadays two plans that you can choose from.
Foods are given points and with the diet plans you are allowed so many points in a period of time. This is a guide as to the nutritional value of these foods and also bans you from eating some not so healthy options.
In a study that posted the results in 2005 which had compares the Atkins, Ornish, Weight Watchers and The Zone diets. Said that the average weight loss of participants involved in the weight watchers plans lost an average of 3 kilos or 6.6lbs. While not the fastest of weight loss systems it has for many been beneficial to many people world wide.
