Article By: Mary Elizabeth Hurn
Inaugural rankings from U.S. News & World Report put Weight Watchers in the top slot for weight-loss diets.
With two-thirds of adults in the U.S. either overweight or obese, it’s clear that Americans need a sustainable plan for eating healthier. Today we’re proud and excited to announce that U.S. News & World Report has named Weight Watchers the #1 weight-loss diet and #1 commercial diet in its first-ever Best Diet rankings.
But if you’re one of our members or subscribers, you already know this. Liz Josefsberg, director of brand advocacy for Weight Watchers and our resident Leader, says, “We're about real food in the real world. It's this overarching belief system about learning that managing real food in your life is always going to be the way for long-term success.”
U.S. News & World Report determined its rankings by bringing together an independent panel of 22 scientific experts including nutritionists, dieticians, cardiologists and diabetologists. The experts conducted a six-months assessment of 20 diets and diet programs, ranking them in seven categories: Short-term weight loss, long-term weight loss, ease of compliance, nutritional completeness, health risks, and ability to prevent or manage diabetes and heart disease. The experts rated each diet from 1 to 5 in each of the categories. You can learn more about the methodologyhere.
The Weight Watchers PointsPlus® program emphasizes the need for a healthy, balanced diet including fresh fruits and vegetables, lean proteins and whole grains — which is consistent with the recently released USDA My Plate nutrition icon.
The U.S. News and World Report study touts Weight Watchers as a diet in which no food is off limits and people can eat what they want by controlling their portion sizes. It also highlighted the flexibility to shape your own diet. The experts who worked on the rankings also found Weight Watchers to be safe, nutritious, and easy to follow. “In terms of commercial weight loss plans, this is as good as it gets,” one expert said.
But at the end of the day, this is your Plan. We asked the fans on our Facebook page what they love about the Weight Watchers program. (Click here to see all of their thoughts.)
“Weight-Watchers is the only diet that ever worked for me,” said one fan. “It is easy to follow ... it is not a crash diet.”
Another poster agreed, “There is only one thing I would correct. Weight Watchers is the best ‘lifestyle’ not ‘diet.’ The reason Weight Watchers is so great is because it is a great lifestyle to follow. Way to go!”
“Weight Watchers has given me back my life,” said another, “It is not a quick fix; it teaches you how to change your lifestyle. [Since I lost weight] I am back to living life instead of watching it pass me by.”
“Weight Watchers is good,” said another fan of the program, “I love it that nothing is absolutely forbidden, and that nothing is mandatory.”
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