Energy balance
Current methods for measuring energy intake and expenditure are insufficiently accurate for widespread clinical or research use, creating a barrier to understanding and managing obesity.
Current consumer tools like pedometers and self-reported food logs are not accurate enough to precisely track energy balance. For serious management, rely on broader behavioral changes rather than obsessing over precise calorie counts, as the margin of error in current measurement methods is high.
Obtaining accurate measurement of other components of energy balance is difficult at the present time... the inconvenience, expense, and relative inaccuracy of current methods are a persistent and serious barrier to progress.
Why this rating
Based on the consensus of the workshop regarding the limitations of existing technologies.
Source
Engineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity: Opportunities for Novel Collaborations and Research
Abby G. Ershow et al. · Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology · 2007
DOI 10.1177/193229680700100115
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