kgb_ Special Agents are tireless and relentless in their search for the answers to America’s questions.  And what does America want to know, you ask?  Well, today’s buzz centers on the latest weight-loss fad:

What is the camera diet?

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Essentially, with the camera diet, dieters have to take a picture of everything they eat with either their cellphone or other camera at hand.

It is the work involved in taking a picture of everything one eats that appears to make people more conscious of what goes in their mouth. Participants in the diet report that the effort involved in recording a snack or a second helping of food prompts them to re-think whether they actually want to eat it.

The diet is based on a pilot study entitled Think Before You Eat, by Lydia Zepeda and David Deal from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  The researchers found that keeping a photographic food diary influences attitudes and behaviors about food choices.

Keeping a food diary is not a new idea as dieters have been using the act of writing their food intake in a diary for decades.  The photo diary offers a new slant however, as pictures must be taken before the food is eaten – unlike written diaries, often recorded when it is too late to change one’s mind.

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Source:   Dear Photo Diary