Quarantine weight gain bringing you down? You may want to turn to tech for help. An发表在期刊上的分析Obesity2021年2月建议如果您使用数字工具来登录你吃什么, when youexercise，或者您的体重程度，您可能至少暂时粉碎减肥目标。
Researchers examined results from 39 clinical trials that followed more than 8,000 adults with overweight orobesityto see whether using digital self-monitoring tools aidedweight loss。These tools were based on a variety of platforms — examples included websites, apps, wearables, smart scales, and text messaging — and encouraged users to record a variety of variables including weight, exercise, food intake, and calories.
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在此分析中的所有试验中，数字自我监控工具的一致使用与体重减轻的时间有74％有关。人们使用的工具类型或他们跟踪的与体重相关的结果类型的类型并没有太大变化。但是，当人们使用数字工具时，人们似乎比使用笔和纸时更始终如一地跟踪跟踪。
“At the end of the day, any form of recording can help people lose weight,” says the lead study author,Michele Patel, PhD，加利福尼亚州斯坦福大学医学院心血管疾病预防的研究员。
帕特尔博士说：“但是，我们发现像应用程序和网站这样的数字工具通常会使人们参与更长的时间，这通常转化为减肥。”
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应用程序不一定会帮助您减轻体重
这项研究没有跟踪人们减轻了多少体重，或者他们是否减轻了他们的体重。它仅关注使用数字工具是否与减肥有关。
And, because most of the trials included in the current analysis gave people a choice of whether to track their progress online or on a mobile app, researchers weren’t able to determine whether one form of digital self-monitoring might be better than another.
也有可能持续我们的人e digital tracking tools to lose weight are more motivated to shed excess pounds than people who track less often, Patel says. But tracking can be one of the strongest predictors of success when people make lifestyle changes to lose weight, Patel says.
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Digital Weight Loss Tools Have a Mixed Track Record
以前的一些研究还将数字自我监控与更成功的减肥工作联系起来。例如，研究于2015年11月发表在医学互联网研究杂志发现使用数字工具跟踪体重和运动的人平均比使用这些工具的人平均损失了2.3磅。
其他study, published in June 2016 in肥胖研究和临床实践, followed people who used a digital tracking tool for three months to see whether weight loss was influenced by how consistently people engaged with the app. Participants reduced theirbody mass index (BMI)平家BMI。
但是其他研究已经描绘了不同的图片。其他study published in theAnnals of Internal Medicine例如，发现使用应用程序六个月的人平均损失了约5磅，大致与参与者无需使用该应用程序而损失的人数大致相同。
和two-year-long studyfound that a smartphone app helped people lose weight only when paired with in-person coaching sessions and phone calls to keep dieters on track. The app, with coaching, helped people lose about 8 pounds on average by six months, compared with less than 2 pounds for people who didn’t use the app. After the study period, participants regained most of the weight they lost and there was no longer a difference between the groups.
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如何找到可以帮助您减肥的工具
“最好的工具是您最有可能实际使用的工具。”凯瑟琳·罗斯（Kathryn Ross），博士，MPH，盖恩斯维尔佛罗里达大学临床与健康心理学系的助理教授。
因此，如果您在家烹饪大部分餐点，您可能需要一个应用程序，可以轻松上传并保存您喜欢的食谱以更轻松地跟踪，Ross博士建议。或者，如果您吃了很多准备好的食物，则可能需要寻找带有条形码扫描仪的应用程序，以使跟踪这些物品变得容易。
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罗斯说，同样，某些工具比其他工具更好地跟踪不同类型的活动，您应该专注于最满足您需求的活动。罗斯说，步行者将从臀部佩戴的传统计数器中获得最准确的步骤，但是手腕上的智能手表或其他设备也是一个不错的选择，尤其是当您整天更容易与您保持联系时。
And if apps aren’t your thing, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with recording your eating and exercise habits the old fashioned way — by putting pencil to paper, saysAnne McTiernan, MD, PhD，弗雷德·哈钦森（Fred Hutchinson）的生活方式干预专家癌症研究西雅图的中心和作者Cured: A Doctor’s Journey from Panic to Peace。
“People should pick their preference,” Dr. McTiernan says. “While digital self-monitoring may be easier for many people, others might prefer paper and pencil.”
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