Along with being a haven for breaking news, celebrity updates, and bad jokes, Twitter may have another use: a handy weight-loss tool.
Researchers at the University of South Carolina found the support and accountability provided by posting to the social networking site made a difference in how much weight people lost. Although the two groups in the study -- one that tweeted and one that didn't -- lost the same amount of weight during the trial, the individuals within the Twitter group who posted the most also lost the most weight.
By: Jeff Beckham, Edited by: David Cornish
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/22/twitter-weight-loss
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