ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2019
Log Often, Lose More: Electronic Dietary Self-Monitoring for Weight Loss.
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52 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of feedback generation and presentation on self-monitoring behaviors, dietary intake, physical activity, and weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- Self-Monitoring via Digital Health in Weight Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review Among Adults with Overweight or Obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of a mobile phone application for dietary self-monitoring on obesity in adolescents: a pilot randomized controlled trial.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Trial
- Dietary misreporting: a comparative study of recalls vs energy expenditure and energy intake by doubly-labeled water in older adults with overweight or obesity.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Trial
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- Evaluation of a combined, online intervention for binge-type eating disorders and high body weight in young adults.Eating behaviors · 2023Trial
- Perspectives on the Form, Magnitude, Certainty, Target, and Frequency of Financial Incentives in a Weight Loss Program.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2022Trial
- A pilot randomized trial of simplified versus standard calorie dietary self-monitoring in a mobile weight loss intervention.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Trial
- Long-term Effectiveness of a Smartphone App Combined With a Smart Band on Weight Loss, Physical Activity, and Caloric Intake in a Population With Overweight and Obesity (Evident 3 Study): Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Randomized controlled trial of financial incentives during weight-loss induction and maintenance in online group weight control.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Trial
- Making large changes or small changes to prevent weight gain in young adulthood: which is preferred and by whom?Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
- Introducing Dietary Self-Monitoring to Undergraduate Women via a Calorie Counting App Has No Effect on Mental Health or Health Behaviors: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2021Trial
- Assessing the Contribution of Self-Monitoring Through a Commercial Weight Loss App: Mediation and Predictive Modeling Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Effect of tailoring on weight loss among young adults receiving digital interventions: an 18 month randomized controlled trial.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
- Evaluation of Measured Resting Metabolic Rate for Dietary Prescription in Ageing Adults with Overweight and Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Weight-Related Information Avoidance Prospectively Predicts Poorer Self-Monitoring and Engagement in a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2021Trial
- Cooking as a Health Behavior: Examining the Role of Cooking Classes in a Weight Loss Intervention.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Lipedema and obesity: biological interactions, diagnostic challenges, and principles of interdisciplinary management - a narrative review.Adipocyte · 2026Review
- Weight- and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage-Related Information Avoidance: Implications for Self-Monitoring in a Behavioral Intervention.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2026Article
- Within-Day Patterns of Self-Monitoring Dietary Intake and Weight Loss in a Behavioral Weight Management Program.Obesity science & practice · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveDietary self-monitoring is consistently related to both short- and long-term weight loss. The purpose of this study was to quantify the time spent and the daily frequency of self-monitoring necessary for weight-loss success.
methodsParticipants in a 24-week, online, behavioral weight-control intervention recorded daily dietary intake using a Web-based dietary analysis program. Time spent self-monitoring and frequency of dietary journal page access were captured. Weight loss (kilograms) and the proportion of participants losing ≥ 5% and ≥ 10% of baseline weight were assessed at 6 months.
resultsParticipants (n = 142; BMI 35.8 kg/m
conclusionsThe frequency of self-monitoring is significantly related to weight loss, with the time needed to be successful diminishing during the intervention.
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