Before going on Weight Watchers and starting with this cookbook, I truly thought delicious food had to be complicated.

The recipes in here totally turned my thinking around. I now realize that little needs to be done to any food item to really enhance it. The soups in this are excellent, the protein dishes delicious (meat/fish/beans), the vegetables great.

A subsequent Weight Watchers cookbook was good, too, but couldn't hold a candle to this one!

This is a great book for those who want to use the past Weight Watchers Program. It is complete with daily food amounts, food lists, menus, and recipes. I use it like a Bible.

The only thing it is missing is a food journal but I types one up on my computer and now my program is complete.

This book is great for those who want to use the old Weight Watchers program.

I love it! It is complete with program guidelines, food lists, menus and recipes.

Highly recommended.

This book is essentially about describing over 600 recipes created in the seventies by the chefs and home economists who staffed the Food Research Department of Weight Watchers International. The main claim made in the volume is that these will help people lose weight and learn to eat properly.

The chapters are organized according to food categories, e.g., fruit, legumes and vegetables.

Problem is the Weight Watchers food program (including menu plans) lacks a scientific understanding of the basic principles of human physiology and, thus, will never help its followers reach a state of healthy balance. For instance, the book does not even mention transfatty acids.