Phone APP really help you lose weight?

Smartphone apps can really help you lose weight? One study found that mobile phone APP itself does not help you lose weight, you have not focused on losing weight determination. That is, if you are willing to seriously lose it, there is no mobile phone APP is not important, it is also the researchers said, "you have not ready."

Los Angeles, family physician outpatient centers B. Yoshi Laing led the program, the origin of his people as the first line of contact with primary care physicians, in fact, he is often the first to see the doctor suspected of ten to twelve five minutes, and that other time physician in the end there is no way to help people? Apps can help out? For example, that many claims to allow you to lose weight APP?

Smartphone Apps help you lose weight
Smartphone Apps help you lose weight
In the first study of this be academic for "Mobile APP slimming effect" theme, a total of 212 subjects participated in a six-month experiment, half of them were using a call "MyFitnessPal" the APP help lose weight The other half of the people do not, and you can choose to lose weight they want to use. These subjects were overweight BMI over 25 persons.

After six months, the researchers found that subjects using the Smartphone apps did not lose more weight than others, but the majority of users are very satisfied but then APP, especially in the first two months to help them lose a lot of weight . Smartphone APP Sounds like just a psychological effect it? Laing said not necessarily, because the subjects most people do have a very positive use of APP help lose weight, but they also cut than more.

Laing believes that the more active use of  Smartphone APP weight reduction was more, but most people are not ready for a serious weight loss actually has not seriously with APP track your calorie intake. Laing conclusion was considered APP help to lose weight, especially in the subjects of this study is employed to carry out the experiment, rather than the general public to find some random, it can show the true value of the APP. The study published in the "American Annals of Internal Medicine" (Annals of Internal Medicine).
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