Weight Loss Action Diary Taipei Weight Management APP is launched

Smartphones can also be a weight loss aid! In order to make it easier for people who want to lose weight to create an action diary for weight management, the Taipei City Government provides an e-weight loss service. From now on, anyone who uses a smartphone, whether it is an Apple or Android system, can download the "Taipei Weight Management APP" to implement a weight loss plan that requires smart eating, happy exercise, and daily weighing.

People who want to lose weight can download the "Taipei Weight Management APP" to easily create an action diary for weight management. For example, they can take photos of the food they eat at each meal. A dedicated person will provide nutritional advice at the back end and teach them how to eat smartly. (Photography by Zhang Yawen)

Lin Chih-hong, director of the Taipei City Department of Health, said that the rate of overweight or obese adults was nearly 40% last year. The survey found that only 15.8% of citizens weighed themselves every day, and nearly 12% did not weigh themselves at all. As for weight loss methods, they still mainly controlled their diet and increased exercise, indicating that the public needs a more convenient tool for weight management, so the Industrial Research Institute was commissioned to develop this APP software.

By inputting height and weight into the "Taipei Weight Management APP", people can find out their current BMI status and the number of kilograms they need to lose. In addition, for diet management, people can use their mobile phones to take photos to record what they eat every day. In the future, there will be back-end professionals to provide diet consultation, and a built-in database of more than 50 sports items to help people record how much exercise they have done and automatically calculate the calories consumed, including body position records such as weight, body fat, waist circumference and hip circumference, and regular charts are provided for people to grasp.

Lin Liru, director of the Health Management Office, pointed out that through the weight management APP, it is more convenient to send weight loss related information. Those who are overweight or obese can also immediately sign up online for free for weight control classes organized by the Taipei City Health Bureau. The Department of Health announced that those who download the "Taipei Weight Management APP" and complete the weight control plan before June 30 can participate in the reward program. For more information, please visit the website http://101.health.gov.tw