Smartphone Application Help Reduce Weight
Wednesday 28 August 2013
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The workings of
this smartphone application is
simple . According to the researchers who developed the application , simply by
photographing what we eat , the weight can be reduced by itself .
Researcher Eric Robinson and colleagues from the University of Liverpool doing new experiments based on old projects . Previously they investigated the influence of the current situation of eating the amount of food eaten . The result , in the presence of " outside interference " such as radio , television , and computer , a person will eat 50 percent more .
BASED on the results of the study, full concentration and be aware of what is put into the mouth are thought to help reduce energy chew food . So that one can not eat too much . For the research team developed a smartphone application that helps remind users of what would and have them eating .
This smartphone application consists of three parts . First , before eating or drinking , users take pictures of food / drink that they consume .
Second , once completed , users look back at the photo and answer the question : " Do you spend it all ? " and " How satisfied are you now? "
And lastly , before entering the next meal hours , the user is required to look at the photos of food that have been consumed that day . Users will also receive an SMS that demands to recall what has been eaten before.
Smartphone application, The research team tested the app against 12 men and women who have weight problems . They were monitored for four weeks and are required to access the app by more than five times a day . The result , after the trial period ends overall experimental participants on average lost weight by 1.5 kilograms .
Smartphone application " This approach shows that by increasing awareness of what we eat , weight reduction can be achieved , " says scientist Eric Robinson . " Especially given the short trial period with no support or advice about nutrition . Promising results of this experiment . "
Researcher Eric Robinson and colleagues from the University of Liverpool doing new experiments based on old projects . Previously they investigated the influence of the current situation of eating the amount of food eaten . The result , in the presence of " outside interference " such as radio , television , and computer , a person will eat 50 percent more .
BASED on the results of the study, full concentration and be aware of what is put into the mouth are thought to help reduce energy chew food . So that one can not eat too much . For the research team developed a smartphone application that helps remind users of what would and have them eating .
This smartphone application consists of three parts . First , before eating or drinking , users take pictures of food / drink that they consume .
Second , once completed , users look back at the photo and answer the question : " Do you spend it all ? " and " How satisfied are you now? "
And lastly , before entering the next meal hours , the user is required to look at the photos of food that have been consumed that day . Users will also receive an SMS that demands to recall what has been eaten before.
Smartphone application, The research team tested the app against 12 men and women who have weight problems . They were monitored for four weeks and are required to access the app by more than five times a day . The result , after the trial period ends overall experimental participants on average lost weight by 1.5 kilograms .
Smartphone application " This approach shows that by increasing awareness of what we eat , weight reduction can be achieved , " says scientist Eric Robinson . " Especially given the short trial period with no support or advice about nutrition . Promising results of this experiment . "
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