Dietary Self-Monitoring Linked to Greater Weight Loss ‎

Dietary self-monitoring in the form of food journal use correlates with improved weight loss, while missing meals and eating out frequently are associated with less weight loss among postmenopausal overweight-to-obese women, according to a study published online July 16 in the?i>Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

MONDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Dietary self-monitoring in the form of food journal use correlates with improved weight loss, while missing meals and eating out frequently are associated with less weight loss among postmenopausal overweight-to-obese women, according to a study published online July 16 in the?i>Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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Angela Kong, Ph.D., R.D., from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and colleagues examined the associations of self-monitoring (self-weighing and food journal completion) and eating-related behaviors with 12-month weight change in a study involving 123 postmenopausal overweight-to-obese women.

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The researchers found the mean percent weight loss to be 10.7 percent. Completing more food journals was associated with a significantly greater weight loss (interquartile range, 3.7 percent greater weight loss). Missing meals and eating out for lunch at least once a week correlated with lower weight loss (4.3 and 2.5 percent lower weight loss, respectively).

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