Medical Xpress January 24, 2025
Marianne Stein, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Many people struggle to maintain a healthy weight, and choosing the optimal meals for weight loss can be challenging. A research team at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has developed a weight management program that helps individuals plan meals with the assistance of a web application and support from a registered dietitian. In a study published in JMIR Formative Research, they discuss the app’s features, development, and implementation.

“The overall goal is to develop an online weight loss program that can be used as prevention as well as treatment in a ,” said co-author Manabu Nakamura, associate professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and the Division of Nutritional Sciences, part of the College of Agricultural,...

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