ArticleObesity science & practice2018
Self-monitoring has no adverse effect on disordered eating in adults seeking treatment for obesity.
Article in Obesity science & practice, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- A systematic mapping review of individual participant factors related to eating disorder risk collected in behavioural weight management trials.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Pooled it
- Associations Between the Use of Fitness and Diet Tracking Technology and Disordered Eating Behaviour: A Systematic Review.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators to dietary change while aiming to reduce free sugar intakes: framework analysis based on intervention, time for change, and success at 12 weeks.Journal of nutritional science · 2026Trial
- Unpacking weight management interventions measuring eating disorder risk in adults: coding of components of interventions in a systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- The associations between calorie tracking, body image dissatisfaction, eating disorders, and menstrual cycle characteristics in resistance-trained athletes.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024Article
- Eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image research in New Zealand: a scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
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- Nutritional Recommendations for Physique Athletes.Journal of human kinetics · 2020Article
- Towards a Sustainable Nutrition Paradigm in Physique Sport: A Narrative Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Self-monitoring has no adverse effect on disordered eating in adults seeking treatment for obesity.Obesity science & practice · 2018Article
- Mobile weight self-monitoring adherence and eating behavior changes: A secondary analysis of a 12-month RCT.Digital healthArticle
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Abstract
objectivesAlthough monitoring is considered a key component of effective behaviour change, the development of apps has allowed consumers to constantly evaluate their own diet, with little examination of what this might mean for eating behaviour. The aim of this study was to investigate whether self-monitoring of diet using the app MyFitnessPal or daily self-weighing increases the reported occurrence of eating disorders in adults with overweight/obesity following a weight loss programme.
methodsTwo hundred fifty adults with body mass index ≥ 27 kg/m
resultsThere were no significant differences in the global Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire score or the subscales between those in the four monitoring groups and the control at 12 months (all
conclusionsThere was no evidence that self-monitoring, including using diet apps like MyFitnessPal or daily self-weighing, increases the reported occurrence of eating disorder behaviours in adults with overweight/obesity who are trying to lose weight.
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