Volumetrics

Volumetrics is a diet plan based on the premise that people enjoy eating.WebMD: Volumetrics Eating Plan: What It Is Volumetrics creator, nutritionist Barbara Rolls, argues that dieters become hungry and unhappy when limiting their diet, and as a result, revert to their unhealthy eating patterns. Rolls' approach is to help people find foods that they can eat until they are satiated, while still losing weight.U.S.News: Eat more, weigh less: The answer may lie in the new... (February 27, 2005)

• Lean meats
• Whole wheat pasta
• Brown rice
• Oatmeal
• Fibrous fruits and vegetables

The content in this page is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please contact your doctor before beginning any Volumetrics program.

• Google News: Volumetrics
• CBS News: Rating The Best Diets (May 8, 2007)
• PennState: 'Volumetrics' Ranked Top Diet Plan by Consumer Reports (May 8, 2007)
• MSNBC.com: Consumer Reports weighs in on popular diets (May 7, 2007)
  • "A relative newcomer, Volumetrics, scored the highest among the diet plans for helping dieters lose the most weight. Although the regimen, which emphasizes low energy-density foods such as bulky veggies, spawned the book 'The Volumetrics Eating Plan,' it's lumped with diet plans, not books, because it is based on experiments and scientific evidence. Volumetrics is followed by the big-name calorie-counting plans Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig and Slim-Fast."
• 6abc.com:: What is Volumetrics? (May 7, 2007)
• WebMD: What Is the Best Diet? (May 7, 2007)
• USA Today: Sandwiches: They're what's for dinner (December 18, 2006)
• WebMD: Volumetrics (September 2005)
• NPR: Jonesing for Fries? Blame the Cave Men (May 2, 2005)
• The Daily Collegian: Diet book offers 'satisfying portions' (March 22, 2005)