On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:59:35 -0600, pintlar wrote:

I have a friend who uses a WW computer to count points. His tally is '1'
for a 'Cup of Noodles'.
Calories 300
grams fat 7
grams Fiber 2
He is having very severe vision problems, so he may be
imputing
the computer incorrrectly.

I get 6.16 points.
300 cal, plus fat (4x13g)52= 352; minus fiber (2gx10)20=332; substract
24= 308; divide by 50=6.16
I hope someone can straighten me out? If I am in error at least I am
erring in the correct direction.

No way in heck a "cup of noodles" is just 1 point.

I am not sure where you got your formula, but the formula is (http://
www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/research/diet.htm):
(calories/50) + (fat grams/12) - (min{r, 4}/5), which for the above
numbers, becomes:
(300/50) + (7/12) - (2/5)
6 + .58 - .4 = 6.18, and since point amounts are rounded to the nearest
whole number, you need to round it to 6.



Brian Christiansen