How to properly keep a diary?came, having worked for 6 months with a group of 1685 men and women of middle age. All the participants in the experiment received general recommendations on nutrition and exercise, some of them had to keep a food diary. Six months later it turned out that with the help of a diary, losing weight managed to lose twice as many kilograms as those who did not have a diary. The connection with losing weight is obvious here, experts say. Records help to calculate sources of excess calories and develop a more appropriate diet. The study was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. According to Reuters.