WATCHING what you eat really does help, at least if you do it through a camera lens. That’s the conclusion of a study of dieters’ eating habits comparing the effect of written food diaries with taking a snapshot of each meal.
Food diaries track food consumption during weight loss programmes, but now taking a snapshot of each meal is replacing the laborious task of writing down everything you eat. To see if photos might also prompt healthier eating, and David Deal at the University of Wisconsin-Madison told 43 people to record what they ate for one week…
