Try the Camera-Phone Diet

Could your camera phone help you lose weight? One study seems to suggest so.

When people in a small study snapped a picture of everything they ate for 1 week, something interesting happened. They took better stock of their meals -- and ate less or ate more healthfully because of it.

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Pedometers Help You Get Healthy

Pedometers help people count steps to get healthy
By Michelle L. Brandt

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	Pedometer users increased their physical activity by more than 2,000 steps per day, or more than 1 mile of walking, according to a review by Dena Bravata of studies done on the effectiveness of pedometers.

The pedometer, a small and inexpensive device that counts the number of steps walked per day, could be key to ramping up a person's physical activity.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have found that the use of a pedometer is associated with significant increases in physical activity and weight loss and improvements in blood pressure.

"Much to my surprise, these little devices were shown to increase physical activity by just over 2,000 steps, or about 1 mile of walking per day," said the study's lead author, Dena Bravata, MD, MS, a senior research scientist in medicine. "This goes a long way toward helping people meet the national guidelines for daily physical activity."

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