Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Study shows value of food diary in losing weight


A detailed account of what you eat and drink and the calories it packs -- is a powerful tool in helping people lose weight, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

"For those who are working on weight loss, just writing down everything you eat is a pretty powerful technique," Victor Stevens of Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research in Portland said.


"It helps the participants see where the extra calories are coming from, and then develop more specific plans to deal with those situations,"....