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Re:What I learned from reading over 100 weight loss studies by Flenser on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @09:09AM (#18968309)
What I'd like to know is if there are any studies into whether the frequency with which a person weighs themself can have an effect on weight loss? The theory being the quicker feedback would lead to quicker results by motivating more change and making it easier for the person to stay motivated and correlate changes in lifestyle with weight loss.
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Re:What I learned from reading over 100 weight loss studies by willsun on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @06:13PM (#18973703)
Yup - there are several studies [1][2] that have looked into this, and regular weighing (e.g. daily) looks like it has a small but significant effect that helps with weight loss.

[1] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa061883

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788086/

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Re:What I learned from reading over 100 weight loss studies by Flenser on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @05:50AM (#18977224)
Thank you!

(It also looks like it helps with keeping the weight off once it's lost.)

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