As anyone knows who has set out to lose weight once and for all, creating healthy habits, like staying out of the snack cabinet and getting out for that morning walk or run every day can be tough to maintain even if you start strong. Now a new study from Drexel University and published in
Obesity tells us that the trick is to not go it alone, but share your progress and your data with a trainer, coach, or anyone who encourages you. The key is accountability.
Prior studies have found accountability is beneficial, but this one confirms that the trick is to actually share data such as calories eaten, minutes logged on the treadmill logged, and inches and pounds lost. Coaches with that kind of day-to-day, week-to-week info were better able to help clients stay on track, according to this latest research.
As anyone knows who has set out to lose weight once and for all, creating healthy habits, like staying out of the snack cabinet and getting out for that morning walk or run every day can be tough to maintain even if you start strong. Now a new study from Drexel University and published in
Obesity tells us that the trick is to not go it alone, but share your progress and your data with a trainer, coach, or anyone who encourages you. The key is accountability.
Prior studies have found accountability is beneficial, but this one confirms that the trick is to actually share data such as calories eaten, minutes logged on the treadmill logged, and inches and pounds lost. Coaches with that kind of day-to-day, week-to-week info were better able to help clients stay on track, according to this latest research.
Sharing health data could improve a person s weight loss maintenance
Creating healthy habits, like increasing physical activity and improving eating habits, can be difficult to maintain long term, especially without accountability. Research from the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University suggests that health counselors having access to self-monitored health data would improve a person s weight loss maintenance.
Researchers studied 87 adult participants in a 12-month weight loss program. For the entire study participants were asked to complete three self-monitoring activities daily - wear a Fitbit fitness tracker, weigh themselves on a wireless scale and log their food intake in a smartphone app.
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Creating healthy habits, like increasing physical activity and improving eating habits, can be difficult to maintain long term, especially without accountability. Research from the Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University suggests that health counselors having access to self-monitored health data would improve a person s weight loss maintenance.
Researchers studied 87 adult participants in a 12-month weight loss program. For the entire study participants were asked to complete three self-monitoring activities daily - wear a Fitbit fitness tracker, weigh themselves on a wireless scale and log their food intake in a smartphone app.