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May 11th, 2011
02:19 PM ET
Jenny Craig ranks as top diet by Consumer ReportsConsumer Reports rates Jenny Craig as the top diet compared to five other commercial diets. Consumer Reports compared the six diets – Atkins, Jenny Craig, Ornish, Slim Fast, Weight Watchers, and the Zone – using what it could find in scientific literature. It did not use direct research participants. Researchers looked at long and short term weight loss results, dropout rates and the nutritional qualities of the diets. Consumer Reports is the magazine for Consumer Union, which is an independent, nonprofit consumer organization. Here’s why the folks at Consumer Reports gave Jenny Craig top marks: A 2010 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that 92% of the participants stuck with Jenny Craig for two years. By the end of that period, the participants weighed on average of 8% less. This study was funded by Jenny Craig.Does this mean Jenny Craig will get you the best results? Not really. This means individual dieters should find a weight-loss plan that they will actually stick with, weight-loss experts say. Jenny Craig integrates personalized counseling and portion-controlled prepackaged foods. A majority of dieters say that emotional support is critical to successful weight loss. Other programs such as Weight Watchers and the Ornish diet include some sort of counseling or group support.
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Uh, no. If skinny comes with a big order of mean and smug I'd just as soon skip it.
How much did the side of "idiot" set you back?
Atkins is proved with science, Jenny Craig is a starvation diet.... Consumer Reports proves themselves as idiotic as when they trash Apple.
Melangell, you are wrong. Jenny Craig is NOT a starvation diet. Please get your facts straight. I have been on Jenny Craig and I have had problems finishing the 6 required meals for each day. Each of these 6 meals every day mostly has 2 to 3 items on it. Thus, the Jenny Craig diet is very far from "starvation diet". I could not believe I could loose weight eating 6 times a day, but I have lost 45lbs in about 3 months. However, I cannot compare Jenny Craig diet to Atkins since I have no information on Atkins diet.
All of the studies I've read have shown atkins to actually be one of the least successful diets (which is saying a lot, since most diets aren't successful!)
Atkins works like a charm if you follow it strictly. If you cheat, you gain weight. Carb intake < 60 grams/day, lose weight.
Atkins IS starvation... you're depriving yourself of carbs and sugars (basic energy), which is the same as starvation. Your energy comes from your own body rather than the food. Jenny Craig requires you to eat every 3 hours... that's far from starvation. And unlike Atkins, you can have carbs.
No science. Atkins died of stroke because of his diet (atherosclerosis)
Scientfically proven? perhaps... it's also scientifically proven that people addicted to crack lose weight too... doesn't make it healthy does it?
Does Atkins not enter Ketosis by denying your body carbs? Is that not a form of starvation? How many essential vitamins and minerals are you depriving yourself of?
A nutrionally balanced diet and exercise are more likely to provide a healthy lifestyle in the long run.
Jenny Craig is laughing all the way to the bank, her programs don't work any better than all the other crap that's is out on the market. All these weight programs feed on the weak minded and gullible people around the world.
You want to know what the secret is to weight loss, STOP EATING SO MUCH AND GET OFF YOUR A** AND EXERCISE AT LEAST THREE TIME A WEEK. I am sick of hearing people say is in the genes, with that logic they are saying if I don't eat anything I will still gain weight and that's just wrong.
In a sense I agree with you. It isn't always food that causes obesity. I agree that everyone should start exercising more. I am overweight and I know what got me here. I'm also learning what I need to do to lose the weight.
I agree with you in a sense but it's not the same for everyone. I have been on and off diets since graduating from college 13 years ago. I'm now doing Jenny Craig (for the second time) and exercise at least three times a week for an hour each time. I have only lost 33 pounds in five months. I was on a low calorie diet about a year ago, working out five times a week for an hour each time and wasn't losing anything. I went to the doctor and they discovered I had hypothyrodism but even on medication I'm still not losing weight at a rate that I should considering how much I weigh at the moment. So while yes, some people scarf down 3 Big Macs and fries and hot apple pies and sit around, some of us are trying to do something about it and not seeing any results so how do you explain that??? And while my parents and sister are only about 20 to 30 pounds overweight, I do have to believe that genetics is playing some part in what I'm going through so please don't generalize when it's not true for everyone.
There's no magic to Jenny Craig. I am a very active military vet who was just looking for convenient pre-packaged meals to ensure I get good nutrition and variety. I did Jenny for awhile, but it was too expensive. I switched to Nutrisystem at half the cost. No magic there either. Just right-sized portions of the right stuff with consistency.
I'd love to start exercising more. I've been trying for years, and got sick every time. My symptoms abruptly got much worse a few months ago and now I can barely handle going to the grocery store twice a week. Some people like me have intense exercise intolerance, in my case caused by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Saying "everyone should exercise more" is very misguided, since exercise can make people with exercise intolerance much sicker.
Well, now I've heard it all...exercise intolerance?!?! Exercise is actually a wonderful way to boost energy both immediately and in the long-term. You don't have to engage in massive bouts of aerobics or anything; yoga is a great way to tone, stretch, and relax. Same goes for Pilates. There is always something for anyone when it comes to exercise, but some people will always have excuses.
You can lose weight, you can't lose being an a$$h0le. Have a good day.
Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's the point of eating prepackaged foods? How will people learn to cook portion controlled meals on their own? Jenny Craig is just another money grabbin' company not really interested in anything but the bottom line.
It helps to kick start things so that you become accustomed to eating smaller portions. When you pour the package of cereal in your bowl and realize that's the "real" portion size and not what you've been eating for breakfast everyday for the last xx number of years, you realize what you've been doing wrong.
You can get the same effect with a measuring cup for a one time charge of a dollar.
I would say the best diet that I have been on is Weight Watchers. I feel that it teaches you moderation and motivates you to succeed. In my opinion Jenny Craig is a bit too expensive. The comment above is the most ignorant response I have ever heard.
I've used Weight Watchers to drop half my body weight, and then got on it again after having my son. I'm now 3 months post-goal and maintaining, thanks to their very helpful online options.
You may be skinny,but something tells me you're ugly. You're definitely not very bright...
Skinny with a heaping side of stupidity? No thank you.
You were the school yard bully who never managed to grow up, eh?
I wonder if this study required participants to pay for the food? I'm guessing it did not. Frankly, these prepackaged meal programs, in the real world (where you have to BUY them) have high drop out rates. And, when you stop eating the food, you gain back the weight unless somehow you learn to prepare healthy food for yourself (most people do not).
If I was choosing a commercial weight loss program, I'd probably go with weight watchers.
I lost 64 pounds last year on WW and have kept it off for 8 months, a record for me. What really helped me was learning to cook differently. For the first time, I invested in some new cookbooks: WW, Hungry Girl ( all 3 cookbooks) and daily emails from Hungry Girl and Skinny Taste. I eat well and often but have learned to prepare food differently and to eat smaller portions. My dad used to say you needed strong arms to lose weight-to push yourself away from the table. It wasn't easy, but I feel so much better in so many ways. Good luck to everyone out there who's trying.
Atkins works and is healthy and has been scientifically proven. All the others are, well, stupid, just like fans of Nascar.
ketosis is not a natural state for your body.
just because it works does not mean it is the best choice
Obviously not. Once you reach your goal weight you add carbs until you stop losing. At that point, you aren't in ketosis. Also, metabolic ketosis (via low carbs) isn't the same as diabetic ketosis.
what science are you referring to? Results speak for themselves, sweetie pie!
I could smoke crack and scientifically lose weight too... doesn't mean its the healthiest answer.
"This study was funded by Jenny Craig" pretty much sums it all up...
All you have to do is excercise atleast three times week and cut out soda fast food and junk, eating smaller portions meaning half the size then a person would normally eat, drink lots of water, or take these diet pills which do work called phenermine,,, i lost 20 pounds in three weeks
A study that is funded by Jenny Craig was used as the basis for these results. Come on Consumer Reports what is wrong with you, did JC give you money also to do the report!
hmmm nice information...:)
http://www.seemeagian.com
I think of it as having a health coach. Noone can learn everything on their own. Although it costs money, It is more like investing in your health, like hiring a trainer at the gym. Actually, the money I spend on it is comparable to the money I spend on food anyway (or even less compared to buying groceries in manhattan!) I've lost over 50lbs on JC, and I've never lost weight before, ever! In time they teach you to cut back on JC food and use what you've learned. It's so easy, that's why people stick to the plan...
New York Food Coach teaches you how to cook and maintain for weight loss. Weight-loss programs that have you buy food will not last forever, but if you learn how to cook/eat properly, that knowledge is forever (and much cheaper!!)
http://www.nyfoodcoach.com
Wel, another diet plan. If diet plans are key to success, there shouldn't be any obese person in US. It is good business though.
Eat right an dexercise you loos and keep healthy weight. Read food lecels , Calorie, fat and salts you are eating. No COACH is needed if you can read simple english.
Where is the South Beach Diet in this "study?" I lost 45 lbs on SB and my wife lost 35 lbs – in 4 months!
Diet is all about eating healthy. That's it. Moderation is key, too, but if you're eating garbage in moderation eventually your body will gain weight again. High fiber, high protein with *good* carbohydrates is the answer.
But nobody wants to hear that. Potato skins and pizza sound better. That's why Americans will always struggle with their weight.
South beach works too, read=ing food nutritional level at grocery stores are equally effective. You can devise your own ".... beach diet".
Secret is eating what you need, not eating everything you see.
Weight Watchers is nearing what...50 years? Jenny Craig & Nutrisystem (which I have both personally tried) do not show you how to eat, only how to pay them money weekly and to open frozen or freeze dried containers and cook or add water to eat – not a great long term plan. Weight Watchers, including and most importantly the new Points Plus program is a lifestyle change not a 'quick fix'. It works, it teaches you how to eat and live with a better healthier way of eating – AND...it won't cost you thousands to lose weight on, which Jenny Craig AND Nutrisystem do. I know personally. WW works – they really should have polled the WW community for their results.
Donna, I agree with you. Jenny Craig's food is nasty and have you checked out the sodium content of the food? I joined and when I tried the food my ankles looked like kankles! WW is a much better program.
Jenny Craig works for me because of portion control. It is not a starvation diet and there is basically no thinking involved. You are given the food you need for the day and when you are finished eating that – you're done. Simple. The best thing for me is that I seem to be losing my "cravings" (for bread, potato chips, etc.). Also, once you see results, you start to feel good about yourself and start to take better care of yourself (like exercising more and drinking more water).
Reading nutritional facts on grocery store food will do same thing as well. I agree , it is portion control and more exercise.
Calorie intake (food intake) = Calorie output (Exerrcise) - Your weight remains stable
Calorie intake > Calorie output -- You gain weight
Calorie intake < Calorie output -- You loose weight
There is no majic on any diet. No more complicated science. All Diet programs are making money of your stupidity and unable to read simple nutritional facts on food.
From reseracher Gary Taubes:
Of all the dangerous ideas that health officials could have embraced while trying to understand why we get fat, they would have been hard-pressed to find one ultimately more damaging than calories-in/calories-out. That it reinforces what appears to be so obvious—obesity as the penalty for gluttony and sloth—is what makes it so alluring. But it’s misleading and misconceived on so many levels that it’s hard to imagine how it survived unscathed and virtually unchallenged for the last fifty years.
It has done incalculable harm. Not only is this thinking at least partly responsible for the ever-growing numbers of obese and overweight in the world—while directing attention away from the real reasons we get fat—but it has served to reinforce the perception that those who are fat have no one to blame but themselves. That eating less invariably fails as a cure for obesity is rarely perceived as the single most important reason to make us question our assumptions, as Hilde Bruch suggested half a century ago. Rather, it is taken as still more evidence that the overweight and obese are incapable of following a diet and eating in moderation. And it puts the blame for their physical condition squarely on their behavior, which couldn’t be further from the truth.
Commercial diet plans just want your money. I have lost 153 lbs. (yes, I went from 299 to 146 in 14 months) using regular grocery store food. I cut out as much processed sugar, starches and prepared foods as possible; I weighed and measured EVERYTHING, wrote it down and counted calories - every day. I started exercising 5 – 6 days a week and got progressively better. Now, I run 2 – 2.5 miles; I row on a rowing machine 15km a day. I am happy, joyful and a size 10! Hooray for me... I didn't need no goofball diet plan!
Chris Willsie
Agree 100%, You ate less Calorie than you spent in day. You lost weight. Simple math. Weight loss is not a project you finish in 3 months. Healthy eating is life style you hold it for life, teach your children a healthy way. Stop blaming someone else for your weigh problem.
losing weight is pure math... less in more out.
weight watchers for me. two and a half years later, 58 lbs lost. holding steady for about a year at current weight. i think jenny is expensive and why would anyone wanna limit their diets to planned meals/snacks? on weight watchers i can have whatever i want as long as i dont exceed my points (which is only a caloric intake) but hey, whatever works for people. as long as we get healthy, right?
How is Jenny Craig considered the best when all it does is provide people with pre-packaged, over-processed "food"? Weight Watchers teaches you how to turn a "diet" into a lifestyle.
Diets come and go... therein lies the problem. Most people won't change the lifestyle that led them to the problem in the first place. I used to exceed 320 lbs and had tried every fad diet, every pill etc... The answer to the problem is the lifestyle you choose to lead. Successful weight loss needs to include both diet and exercise and needs ot be a way of life. I use a program called myfitnesspal.com which tracks my calorie intake, tells me what I should be consuming in terms of calories, fat, protein, carbs etc, records my exercise and promotes a healthy lifestyle. Best part is the nice community of individuals there willing to support each other thru thick and thin. Did I mention the insane price? Oh yeah... right forgot to mention... it's free. Bottom line... lifestyle change including diet and exercise is the best solution for normal weight problems.
Forgot to mention... my weight is now 224 pounds, thanks to diet and exercise and myfitnesspal.
There's a really good book that you should all read. "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes. Or, a simpler version of the information in his newer book "Why we get fat and what to do about it." Read them and tell me what you think. http://www.garytaubes.com/
The best diet is one that fits your schedule, your food preferences, your willpower. Something you can stick to for long periods of time. And that is different for everybody. And that's why this kind of surveys is stupid. Every diet that restricts your calorie intake will make you lose weight. That's called "the laws of physics". The problem is with people not sticking with the diet long enough to see results. And that's where the personalization part comes in.
I can promise you this..after one and a half years on Jenny Craig, I lost fifteen pounds and got diverticulitis from it. 150,000.00 in hospital bills, not worth it!
yep, no joke ask any gastro surgeon, beware!
I checked out Jenny Craig once, and a pushy woman herded me into a room with a woman, her husband, and a fussy baby to talk to all of us at once. That was an immediate turn-off, since they hard-sell that the plan is so personalized. I elected not to join. Instead, I got crazy Richard Simmons' food mover and some of his videos a friend recommended, and I lost the weight and had a lot of fun and learned to prepare my own meals. I still follow what I learned. I think any plan is good if it works for you to help you learn healthy behaviors.
I have been following Weight Watchers for years, and have lost 90 pounds (size 20 to size 2). Obviously, it works. But I am not one of those people who say you have to do it the way I do it. As long as you stick to the basics–eat better, exercise more–in a healthy manner, it will work. Take less calories in and take more off, and you will have success.
pre packaged food diets are not good, in my estimation. when you reach your goal weight, how will life continue? will you revert to fresh food and then start to eat too much losing weight control? or will you continue to eat Jenny boxes because it is safe and helps you from eating large portions? i believe there is only one diet that will work, eat less, eat better, no sugar soft drinks, and exercise. if you cant walk, swim.
As a weight watcher member, and avid perpetual dieter. Yes I've done the pills, shakes, books, and have come to one conclusion. Proper diet and exercise make you lose weight and emotional support helps keep it off. I know both jenny and WW as well as other diets offer that. I chose WW 1. Because if you follow the program (like with any diet) it works 2. Overall it is cheaper than any other diet I've been on.
Funny how this news bulletin points out IN BOLD that it was Jenny Craig that funded the report... I wonder if that influenced their conclusions at all. It kind of bothers me that people can publish something as news despite the fact that their "source" is nothing more than biased self promoters.
Please, America, I'm begging you. LOSE not LOOSE. You LOSE weight so your pants will be LOOSE.
I know Herbalife is not on the list they talked about but I can tell you I lost 100 pounds with it. I tried the Zone and Weight Watchers. I think I was ready when I found Herbalife. I have never fel better.
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