Self-monitoring using digital health tools linked to weight loss

Greater engagement in selfmonitoring using digital health tools may help you with significant weight loss. The study indicated that digital self-monitoring was linked to weight loss in 74 per cent of occurrences.

“This may be because many digital tools are highly portable, and therefore allow the user to track any time of the day; digital tools also may make tracking quicker,” said researcher Michele L. Patel from Stanford University in the US. Digital self-monitoring was linked to weight loss in 74 per cent of occurrences, the team said.