The Volumetrics Eating Plan, Barbara Rolls
The Volumetrics Eating Plan, Barbara Rolls
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The Volumetrics Eating Plan
Feel Full on Fewer Calories

Author: Barbara Rolls

Narrator: Jana Robbins

Abridged: 2 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/03/2007

Synopsis

No more ""forbidden foods"" or monotonous meals—The Volumetrics Eating Plan will revolutionize the way you think about managing your weight.Quit ""dieting"" for good. Feel full on fewer calories. Lose weight and keep it off while eating satisfying portions of delicious, nutritious foods.The Volumetrics Eating Plan doesn't eliminate food groups or overload you with rules. It's a commonsense, scientifically sound approach to eating that shows you how to choose foods that control hunger while losing weight. Along with menu planners, charts, and sidebars on healthy food choices, the recipes put her revolutionary research into simple instructions for every meal. With this important new guide to healthy eating, you can enjoy tasty and satisfying meals that will help you maintain your weight or lose those extra pounds while learning the pleasures of cooking the Volumetrics way.

About Barbara Rolls

Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., is professor of nutritional sciences and the Helen A. Guthrie Chair of Nutritional Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, where she heads the Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior. A veteran nutrition researcher and past president of both the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior and the Obesity Society, Dr. Rolls has been honored throughout her career with numerous awards, including Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and honorary membership in the American Dietetic Association. In 2010 she received the Obesity Society's highest honor, the George A. Bray Founders Award, and was elected to the American Society for Nutrition's Fellows Class of 2011. She is the author of more than 250 research articles and six books, including The Volumetrics Weight Control Plan and The Volumetrics Eating Plan. She lives in State College, Pennsylvania.Mindy Hermann, R.D., is a writer who specializes in collaborative projects on cooking, food, and nutrition with researchers, health professionals, and chefs. The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet is her tenth book. She lives in Mount Kisco, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Unwisely on June 03, 2009

OK, I didn't really "read" this as much as skim it. I had read up on the concepts previously, so I had the gist of the concept. (More volume makes you feel full, to bulk things up add more vegetables, and yay soup.) I mostly wanted the recipes. However...I was not that enthused. I should admit that......more

Goodreads review by Jacob on January 03, 2024

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and this is nowhere more true than with diet books. As of this writing I have lost 20lbs. Prior to picking up Volumetrics, I was stuck at 17. Barbara Rolls' advice seems to have given me the push I needed. Big point: if calories make you gain weight, then g......more

Goodreads review by Amanda Richards on January 28, 2019

Great, common sense recipes. They sometimes need a little tweaking (like adding some salt), but they have a strong flavor base to work from......more

Goodreads review by Andra on February 24, 2009

This is a great read! It's very close to the changes that I've made to my eating habits. Dr. Rolls stresses that feeling full is the key to healthy weight loss and she is spot on. She also makes it a point that this isn't a diet, that's it is a lifestyle change, something that can be sustained and m......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 08, 2010

I first picked up this book because the plan was recommended over others in a comparative study of nutrition plans. I wanted to see what made this "diet book" better than others. Turns out that the Volumetrics Eating Plan is so simple and logical that I didn't really even think of it as a "plan" --......more

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