Eating well can help you prevent – or at least delay – Type 2 diabetes. Having a healthy diet means building your meals and snacks on foods like lean proteins (chicken, fish), wholegrains (brown rice, wholewheat pasta), pulses (chickpeas, lentils), fruit and veg, low-fat dairy (skimmed milk, fat-free natural yogurt), and limit foods like biscuits, sweets, cakes and crisps.

Our Points® Programme promotes healthy eating, and by choosing foods low in Points, you’re more likely to be eating less sugar, which is a positive step. Our goal is to make healthy eating as easy as possible. And staying active will keep your body healthy, lower your type 2 risk, and make you feel good.

On the WW programme, all foods are yours for eating and enjoying; you choose based on their Points value, your Budget (the amount of Points® you have to spend), and what you’re in the mood for.

Our innovative Points system is very different to a typical calorie counter. Unlike a calorie calculator, it takes complex nutritional information and distills it down to one simple-to-use number, gently guiding you towards a healthier pattern of eating with more fruits and vegetables, more lean protein, and less unhealthy fat and sugar. Our algorithm factors in fibre and differentiates between unsaturated vs. saturated fats, and natural vs. added sugars.

Here’s how it works:

• Every food and drink has been assigned a Points value, based on the latest nutritional science

• Calories form the baseline

• Added sugar and saturated fat drive the number up

• Protein, fibre and unsaturated fats bring the number down

At WW, we don't do diet plans; we do healthy lifestyle plans - and our highly rated app makes it easier than ever to achieve this. Scan barcodes to track food quickly and easily, earn extra Points through activity, drinking water and eating vegetables and discover 3400+ recipes.

Be kind to yourself. Perfection is overrated. Be pretty good most of the time. Follow your budget, make healthy choices, and keep going.