People who use the social networking website Twitter are more likely to lose weight than those who don’t. Apart from dieters encouraging each other along the way with motivational posts, the study found that the more status updates people read relating to healthy eating and exercise , the more weight they were likely to lose.
The study, published in the journal Translational Bhavioral Medicine, found that people struggling with their weight are able to get advice and support from others on Twitter as they Endeavour to beat the bulge. On average , for every 10 Twitter updates read, they lost on average 0.5% of their body weight.
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Hindustan Times- Wellness,
20/01/2013
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