According to research recently published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, weighing yourself each day may help waistlines for anyone and for those in Columbus, Ohio. The authors of the study believe that this daily habit may motivate people to adopt other healthy weight control behaviors.

The participants in the study used an e-scale, which sent the weights to the website for the study. The participants also received weekly emails with information on sticking with the daily weighing and how their weight loss was progressing as well as relevant lessons.

Fifty-one percent of the individuals in the study weighed themselves daily during the 6 months of the study. Daily weight checkers lost on average almost 13 more pounds than those weighing themselves less than everyday. Daily weight checkers also adopted more weight control behaviors.  The authors concluded, “This further implicates daily weighing as an effective weight loss tool.”

For more information:

http://www.andjrnl.org/article/S2212-2672%2814%2901873-5/abstract

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0113164