Rethinking the Role of Calorie Counting in Weight Loss
Tracking your food about 40% of the time is enough to see results in weight loss, according to a new study by the University of Connecticut and weight loss company WW. Researchers analyzed data from 153 users of the WW app and found that people who tracked their meals and snacks about 70% of the time lost the most weight, around 10% of body weight during the six month study. However, people still lost weight if they started tracking regularly but dropped off a bit over time. The part-time calorie counting group tracked about 40% of days overall and still lost about 5% of their body weight, enough to see significant improvements in health.
