Research
Adherence
Daily self-weighing is an effective, low-cost intervention for preventing or slowing weight gain during periods of lifestyle disruption, such as home confinement.
Use a bathroom scale every morning. This is an inexpensive, easy tool to help prevent or slow weight gain during confinement. If you have access to an electronic scale, it can be integrated into telemedicine for remote monitoring.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
Frequent or daily self-weighing is effective for weight loss, weight loss maintenance, and the prevention of age-related weight gain (12). Recently, we also showed that it was effective at preventing holiday-associated weight gain (6).
Why this rating
Cites specific studies (Ref 6, 12) showing effectiveness, though applied here to a new context (pandemic) based on prior success (holidays).
Source
COVID‐19–Related Home Confinement in Adults: Weight Gain Risks and Opportunities
Surabhi Bhutani et al. · Obesity · 2020
DOI 10.1002/oby.22904
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Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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