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Using digital health tools for self-monitoring linked to weight loss aninews.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aninews.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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SILVER SPRING, Md. A systematic review of multiple randomized controlled studies among adults with overweight or obesity showed that greater engagement in self-monitoring using digital health tools was associated with significant weight loss, according to a paper published online in
Obesity, The Obesity Society s flagship journal. This is the first comprehensive systematic review to examine the relationship between digital self-monitoring and weight loss. Digital health tools have flourished in the past decade, said Michele L. Patel, PhD, post-doctoral research fellow, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, Calif. What this paper sought out to explore was whether tracking via these digital tools is effective at producing greater weight loss. Patel is the corresponding author of the study.