Dense snacks
Nuts, dried fruit, wholemeal bread: energy without inflating the volume of your meals.
Goal: bulking
Avo helps you eat more, without tiring of it.
Gaining weight healthily often means eating more often, not just eating more at a sitting. Avo follows split meals and energy intake, with values that are sourced when the food appears in a reference table, and flagged as estimates when it does not.
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What Avo is for
“Bulking”, concretely
This goal sets no numeric weight gain: it helps you gradually raise the energy intake of a diet that stays balanced otherwise.
The reference points draw on the general balanced-diet principles of ANSES: keep a varied diet, keep wholegrain starches at every meal, and spread intake across the day rather than forcing it into one large meal. For difficulty gaining weight linked to a digestive condition or an appetite disorder, a healthcare professional's advice takes precedence.
This page is not suitable for everyone: in case of an eating disorder, past or present, unintentional weight loss, pregnancy or breastfeeding, or for minors, deliberately raising your intake should be decided with a healthcare professional. Persistent difficulty eating enough is not a matter of willpower: it deserves medical advice.
A different goal? Have a look at strength training with Brock, or go back to the overview with Pousse.
Split meals
Spread across several occasions in the day rather than three larger meals, so you eat more without forcing it.
Gradual tracking
Log your meals to adjust gently, without jolts and without an imposed weight target.
In the app
How Avo works alongside you
Once the “bulking” goal is chosen, Avo carries occasional reference points — never medical advice.
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“Add dense snacks: nuts, dried fruit, wholemeal bread.”
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“Spread it over several occasions in the day, so you eat more without forcing it.”
Wellbeing reference points reviewed internally before publication, sourced from ANSES/EFSA — not medical advice. Sources ›
A sourced example
A dense snack, in actual numbers
Radish ties a food to its reference table when it appears in one, and shows its value as estimated when it does not; the detail is on Methodology and Sources.
Amande, avec peau, sans sel ajouté
Per 100 g
CIQUAL code 15000 · ANSES, Ciqual 2025 table
Energy615 kcal
Protein18.8 g
Carbohydrate9.51 g
Fat51.3 g
Fibre12.5 g
Example display. The record name is kept in French, as ANSES publishes it. When a value is missing, the app writes “not reported” rather than a zero.
Common mistakes
What most often gets in the way of bulking
Forcing three big meals
Eating more in a single sitting often brings on a feeling of being over-full, which is discouraging. Splitting it up helps more.
Relying on sugary drinks alone
They add energy but few nutrients; dense snacks remain the better bet over time.
Forgetting wholegrain starches
They remain the steadiest energy base, worth keeping at every meal.
Chasing a number instead of consistency
Slow, steady progress holds better than a weight target picked arbitrarily.
Frequently asked
About the “bulking” goal
Is this page suitable for everyone?
No. In case of an eating disorder, past or present, unintentional weight loss, pregnancy or breastfeeding, or for minors, deliberately raising your intake should be decided with a healthcare professional. Persistent difficulty eating enough is not a matter of willpower: it deserves medical advice.
Why is eating more so hard?
A naturally limited appetite makes an energy surplus hard to reach across three conventional meals. Spreading intake over several occasions in the day helps you eat more without forcing it.
Should I aim for a precise calorie surplus?
Radish imposes no single figure: it shows your actual intake and lets the adjustment happen gradually, with no universal target.
Are dense snacks enough on their own?
They help raise energy without bulking up the volume of meals, but they remain an addition to a varied diet, not a substitute for one.
Does Radish give medical advice about gaining weight?
No. For difficulty gaining weight linked to a medical or digestive condition, a healthcare professional's advice takes precedence over the app's reference points.
Can I change goals later?
Yes, at any time in the settings; for example to strength training (Brock) or endurance (Pep).
The full picture
The six other goals
Each goal has its own character and its own page of reference points, sourced and reviewed before publication. See all seven goals ›