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Daily Monitoring and Support May Aid in Weight Loss Goals
By Editor, March
28, 2012
The Health Day News reported some interesting
and encouraging findings following a
study
conducted on 210 overweight or obese adults.
The participants of the study were asked to
track an assortment of daily weight-loss-related
activities in a personal weight loss diary.
Using a paper diary, an electronic diary that
provided no feedback, or an electronic diary
with daily feedback, participants were asked to
make regular daily entries regarding calorie
intake, fat intake, daily exercise, energy
levels, and attendance at group support
meetings. The participants who kept an
electronic diary with feedback received daily
messages of encouragement regarding diet and one
message every other day regarding exercise.
The findings of the study indicate that the
group of participants receiving daily feedback
were more successful in adhering to daily
calorie goals, daily fat intake goals, exercise
goals, and group meeting goals. They were also
more successful in recording the data on a daily
basis.
"The results suggest that using an electronic diary improves treatment adherence," study author Lora Burke, a professor of nursing and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania,
said in an AHA news release.
"Over time, participants' adherence declined, particularly in the later phase as contact frequency declined and subsequently ended," she said. "Adherence in the paper-diary group declined more than in the device groups."
Six months into the study the group that used
the electronic devices providing feedback
recognized individual weight loss success of
over 5%. However, twenty-four months into the
study all three of the study groups ultimately
recognized similar weight loss results.
Researchers noted that as time passed those
participants who used the electronic devices
with feedback became less committed to using
them and ultimately stopped using them all
together. One would conclude that the declining
results of that once-more-successful group
hinged on the diminished use of the electronic
devise that provide them with feedback.
Furthermore, one might look at the study and
contemplate that if participants were stimulated
to continued adherence to the use of the
electronic device with feedback their more
successful weight loss results may have been
sustained. One must also acknowledge that a 5%
reduction in body weight is a success and may
have significant benefits to one's health.
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