Can it really be true, as researchers from the University of South Carolina in a study suggesting there? Twitter makes that slim? To this amazing result came the scientists who studied how modern communication tools can facilitate the dieting behavior of obese subjects: subjects who twittered more than others, also took on more, is the resume - with ten tweets had a weight loss of each averaged 0.5 percent coincided. Do you think this really work?
"Due" is the sobering answer that can be deduced already from the study summary of the University of South Carolina: First took only 96 obese subjects in the experiment, a relatively small group. All subjects received six months regular podcasts with nutrition and fitness tips, half of them could also use a Protokollierungsapp and Twitter. After the expiry of the six months, the investigator recorded a total weight loss of 2.7 percent - and in both groups. Whether you're sending or not the twitter twitter ends weightloss group belonged played, therefore a minor role.
How then did the 0.5-percent-of all-ten-tweets-formula? The British National Health Service (NHS) to drilled after the "Daily Mail" spread the Twitter thesis in a lurid article: Within the 48-strong Twitterer group, the researchers compared the diet success of those who are often on the struggle against Kilos left out, with the advances of schreibfauleren colleagues. The scientific validity of the study results, the British health awareness organization considers it questionable. Nevertheless, also represents the NHS believes that social media dieters may well be beneficial. "There is ample evidence that a supportive environment can help people to lose weight permanently. Whether a social network is a kind of virtual club diet should definitely be investigated."
On non-scientific field trials are not lacking in any event. For example, "Daily Mail" author Lucy Cavendish announced three years ago, her experience with the portal "TweetWhatYouEat", which claimed to have "simple food diary that you will ever run." The users log their meals, the portal calculates the associated calories - for all to see. An ideal tool to get to lead his eating habits in mind, was the diet proven tester. Unless you just do not like it begins to betray a lack of time to themselves after three days. "Besides, I think even more than after eating, as I usually have to do if I follow what others take as himself," complained the journalist.
Brian Stelter, however felt it was beneficial to publicly worry about his food thoughts. In March 2010, the New York began at twitter.com/brianstelter25 tell the world what he ate - and what he did not eat: that he bought only one of the cookies, which he otherwise always ordered in packs of three, after that he four years of abstinence were dragged back to the gym, personal Stürmungen small peaks that were recognized by his followers. With their feedback, they helped him to keep going. Stelter lost more than 40 kilograms in the year. Ten landed again the following year on his hips. Current status: unknown.
Quite as far as Twitter users Drew Magary, the concept inspired him wanted Stelter not going to go: Magary published during his diet every day his current weight: "The Public Humiliation Diet" he called it, "The public humiliation diet": "The gave me a hand, an incentive to keep my goal in mind, on the other hand it gave me a lot of supporters, "the writer once declared on deadspin.com," support helps. Perhaps bother you some people, but this is again an added incentive . " Meanwhile posting Magary his weight only once a week - to keep it.
To what extent support of followers could be more convenient than about a group session of Weight Watchers, Rebecca Regnier (twitter.com / TweetingDieters) describes in her guide "Your Twitter Diet": "These meetings help of course, but they are now not two clock at night if you call the refrigerator, or if you want to go to the vending machines. " In these cases, one would jump the Twitter community, which alarmed by the hashtag # twitterdiet, seeking help at any time with advice and motivation to the side stood. Many users take advantage of this virtual kilo emergency currently not yet use. But maybe helps those ominous study from South Carolina to the Twitter diet so much attention that it is possible in a few years have studies to be effective.
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