Smart phones can help dieters maintain a strict system, said American scientists. Forty-seven people who participated in the study found that applications using commercially available smart phones had achieved better results than those using traditional tracking food consumption and exercise patterns. Researchers at Arizona State University stated that while the use of smartphones did not affect the participants’ total weight loss, those using their devices showed the best diet tracking results.
The lead author, Christopher Wharton, said: "Using commercially available applications, more consistent participants enter daily meal data, compared with the paper and pencil group, withdrawal studies are often less than other groups. This may be application technology, Provide tracking data, compared with the traditional tools, to reduce the burden of the method." Message, paper and pencil group participants, reporting the number of missing two times, compared to the use of the application group, but the user's diet quality using the application did not Improved.
The researchers said that they concluded that food and nutrition professionals should consider using weight-management dietary advice combined with applied technology. Americans estimate that 83% have mobile phones and 45% of smart phones are connected to the Internet. In this study, researchers recruited healthy, stable-weight adults and semi-randomized tracking methods based on their eating habits, grouping them into groups.