In 2005 the book “The Volumetrics Eating Plan – Techniques and Recipes for Feeling Full on Fewer Calories” was written by Barbara Rolls, Ph.D.  It was the updated version and follow up to “The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan” written by Barbara Rolls Ph.D. and Robert A Barnett which came out in 1999.  “The Volumetrics Eating Plan” gives recipes as well as a program with food charting options to follow.  This book was a New York Times Bestseller and was for a time listed as “The #1 Rated Diet in America”. 

One of the most common reasons that people decide that they can not or will not stick with a diet program is that they can not deal with constantly feeling hungry or at least thinking that they are constantly hungry.  “The Volumetrics Eating Plan” focuses on not dieting but instead eating foods that aid in controlling hunger.  This plan is based around the energy density of different foods.  Energy density can be determined with a simple formula - divide the calories by the grams of the food.  With this plan the lower the energy density of a food the better the food is to consume and basically the more of that food you can eat and either lose weight or at least not gain weight.  A good tip in picking low energy density foods is to pick foods with high water content.  Due to the idea of the energy density of food this plan is also basically low fat.  The key to this plan is that if you chose foods with low energy density then you can eat more food volume and thus not feel as hungry. 

Overall this is a pretty good idea for a plan to follow instead of following a rigorous diet.  There are limits to the program but they are more self-imposed.  If one desires to eat high energy density foods for the bulk of their calories then they get to eat less volume of food.  However, if one eats more of the low energy density foods then they get to eat a much greater volume and feel full more and more often which should help some people to stick with their healthy eating and living lifestyle.

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