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Dieting goes high-tech

Dieting will become "weight loss to go" as more folks use their cell phones, PDAs and computers and other tecnology to to help them shed pounds, according to the obesity specialists.

"If these tools are convenient, people may be more likely to use them, and we know that monitoring these behaviors leads to greater weight loss," says Deborah Tate, an assistant professor of nutrition at the UNC-Chapel Hill, in an article by USA Today.

Read the complete article and get tips for weight loss from Thomas Wadden, president of the Obesity Society, which is gathering this weekend in Boston.

-- Amanda Barrett, amNY.com

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