CALORIE TRACKING, LOGGING, ESTIMATION all are consistently unreliable in the medical literature
KNOWLEDGE of calories has little effect on intake
In this thread ill highlight some of the negative data on “calories” having any impact on intake or weight loss
People don’t use calories when ordering: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19299679/
No changes in intake with calorie information nature.com/articles/ijo20…
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
27% believe calorie information affects their choices, when in fact it actually doesn’t pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19808705/
Overestimate calories by 37% pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26469988/
Inaccuracy of food logs
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7072625/
Calorie counting vs ad lib diet, ad lib does better
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9469978/
Dieters don’t like nutrition apps focused on calories ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Calorie counting associates with ED
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30155857/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27650876/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16720619/