Six month trial finds calorie tracking app too time intensive

Researchers asked 105 participants to download the MyFitnessPal app, while the other 107 participants, the control group, did not receive any additional assistance. MyFitnessPal assisted in conducting the study, but the company did not fund the research. “Most patients were simply not ready to commit the time to track calories. It takes several minutes to input everything you eat for each meal,” study author Dr. Brian Yoshio Laing said in a statement. “Many patients felt it was too tedious, but some patients enjoy it and like getting the feedback on their daily caloric intake.”