Packaged Diets and Home Delivered Diets

Portion controlled diets offer pre-packaged or pre-made meals. This is a very effective weight loss method as there is an exact daily calorie intake. There is a large variation in price and in the method used to package the food.

Home-delivered meals are very popular among those who are not fond of cooking, or having to count calories or follow meal plans. Packaged diets have been found to work better than many other forms of dieting[1].

Packaged or Delivered Diets

NutriSystem	One of the most popular and aggressively priced packaged diets. An entire months worth of food is shipped.
Jenny Craig	With world-wide presence - Jenny Craig distributes food from weight loss centers.
Seattle Sutton	Based in Illinois, this packaged diet has a number of outlets that distribute the food.
Diet To Your Door	Popular program offering sous-vide cooked gourmet meals (available all USA).
Diet-to-Go	Fresh, packed in ice (available all USA).
eDiets Express	Weekly service chosen from 400 menu items (available all USA).
Atkins at Home	Weekly delivery of meals based on the Atkins diet (available all USA).
Zone Diet at Home	Offers Zone diet compliant meals - both fresh and frozen available (all USA).
Diet Delivery	Zone, Atkins, or Body-for-LIFE meals (available Canada only).

Meal Replacement Diets

Medifast	A low-calorie diet for based on shakes and other food supplements (more appropriate for those with more than 30 pounds to lose).
HMR at Home	Shakes, entrees, and soups offered by HMR clinics.
OPTIFAST	Clinic-based obesity weight-loss program available in USA and Canada; employs liquid diet of shakes.
Slim-Fast	Replaces 2 meals a day with powdered shakes, RTD Shakes, or bars.

 

[1] - See study by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.