New smart phone or iPhone applications that allow users to monitor their caloric intake and body weight could fuel or trigger an eating disorder, some experts warn.
Though keeping a food journal has been shown to be an effective weight loss tool-- tracking minute details of everything you eat 24 hours a day “fosters the illusion that excessive monitoring of food intake and weight represents a normal, health-conscious lifestyle,” said Dr. Harry Brandt, Director of the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt in Baltimore.
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