Can an App help you lose weight?
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...