Eating For Health

Last week we talked about how a mobile app can help with weight loss goals.   But Apps can not only help one track what they eat, they can help one achieve fitness goals as well as weight goals.   Not everyone wants to lose weight, so one can use an App to put on pounds and “bulk up” as well as lose unwanted pounds.   So what Apps are out there?   The NYDailyNews recently reviewed the top 6 smartphone apps for losing weight.   MyFitness Pal – - Calorie Counter and Diet   Tracker - one of the more popular Apps.   Both PC Mag and Wired’s editors have chosen this app.   This App counts calories with a database of over 2million foods, and users can share their triumphs and frustrations.   It tells you if you get too many calories or not enough for the day.   This app not only tracks food intake but also your exercise.   This app comes with a bar code scanner so you can easily record packaged food items.   Downside, it do...

There are many apps available that help one track food eaten, calories, exercise but can these apps really help you lose weight?   Well researchers at Northwestern University decided to find out.   There study showed that people using a weight-loss regimen along with a mobile app that tracked food eaten and activity resulted in an average weight loss of 15 pounds.   Not only did the subjects in the study lose weight, they kept the weight off for at least a year.   The study focused on 69 overweight and obese adults about 58 years of age, mostly men.   Twice a month they were provided health education classes on nutrition, exercise and behavior changes for six months.   Then for six months the classes were once a month.   Each subject was given a weekly calorie goal based on their weight and a weekly activity goal based on their current activity level.   What was different between the experimental and control group was that one gr...