Monday, December 17, 2012

Study: Smartphone Dieters Shed More Pounds

People anticipating weight gain over the holiday season can look toward mobile technology to help them shed those extra pounds. Patients in weight loss treatment programs lost more weight when they coupled nutritional coaching and exercise with prompts from mobile apps, reported Northwestern University researchers in a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The Northwestern team assigned 69 overweight and obese patients to either a standard weight loss program or treatment that integrated mobile technology prompts for one year.

Source: http://ectnews.com.feedsportal.com/c/34520/f/632000/s/26814b7a/l/0L0Stechnewsworld0N0Crsstory0C768280Bhtml/story01.htm

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