Frequent self-weighing is beneficial

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Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. Frequent self-weighing is not associated with depression in women between 40 and 65, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Lead researcher Jennifer Linde says that the study also found that self-weighing daily, rather than once every week or month, was associated with lower Body Mass Index levels in women 40 years or older. <clip: “ Linde says that more than 4,600 women, from Washington and Northern Idaho, participated in the study, which was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health. The bottom line? Daily weighing is a good thing for women between 40 and 65. <clip: “ With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.