Towards personalised molecular feedback for weight loss.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous diets, apps and websites help guide and monitor dietary behaviour with the goal of losing weight, yet dieting success is highly dependent on personal preferences and circumstances. To enable a more quantitative approach to dieting, we developed an integrated platform that allows tracking of life-style information alongside molecular biofeedback measurements (lactate and insulin).

Methods

To facilitate weight loss, participants (≥18 years) omitted one main meal from the usual three-meal routine. Daily caloric intake was restricted to ~1200KCal with one optional snack ≤250KCal. A mobile health platform (personalhealth.warwick.ac.uk) was developed and used to maintain diaries of food intake, weight, urine collection and volume. A survey was conducted to unde

SUBMITTER: Tejpal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6501287 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature