Self-monitoring using digital health tools linked to weight loss: Study
Hindustan TimesResearchers during a recent study found that using digital health tools to self-monitor health is associated with weight loss. A systematic review of multiple randomised 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. Conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, the review included 39 randomised controlled studies of behavioural weight-loss interventions for adults with overweight or obesity using digital health technologies for self-monitoring. "Given that previous reviews conducted before the emergence of these newer tools have established that self-monitoring also plays a key role in the maintenance of weight loss, a critical next step for our field is to examine how we can help sustain engagement with these tools longer term after the initial novelty wears off," said Assistant Professor Kathryn M. Ross, PhD, MPH, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville.
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