![]() The right calorie amount to lose weight is different for everyone. As registered dietitian Brigitte Zeitlin told Insider: “The problem with Noom is that they're not giving you that number based on you. Plus, apps like Noom are often not taking into account our different calorie needs depending on gender, body size, and exercise habits. If I eat 1,200 calories a day (grossly under the recommended average, by the way) made up entirely of crisps, I might be slimmer than someone who eats 2,500 calories per day of balanced carbs and proteins, but am I healthier? No, because calorie counting on its own, is predominantly a way for us to control how we look on the outside, often neglecting the inside in the process, and this goes against everything that the anti-diet movement tells us. ![]() We've all heard the phrase “calories in versus calories out” when it comes to weight loss, but this ignores a fundamental part of health: what kind of calories are we consuming? In fact, there is strong research to show that a person's weight may have less to do with their health than the way they are treated because of their weight,” the petition explains. ![]() Additionally, weight does not define a person's health. “Scientists have known for a long time that dieting, in any form, is not actually effective for weight loss. Several experts claim that Noom is particularly dangerous because they market themselves as "not a diet", even though they are the definition of one. Phrases such as "starved", "I overate and I hate my life", and "failure, fatty" were logged, among hundreds of thousands of legitimate food items.Īnd you may ask at this point, why is Noom currently getting all the flack? With more calorie-counting apps out there than ever before, what's so toxic about this one? Well, as the petition - and Alexis - explains, in and of itself, it isn't any different to other calorie-counting apps, except for in the way that it advertises itself. Then I put my payment details in and waited for my new liberated life to begin.Īn investigation by the BBC back in 2019, found similar calorie-counting apps had more than 20 harmful entries generated by users of MyFitnessPal, Lose It! or Lifesum, including some promoting dangerous cycles of starving and binging. I created an account and embarked on the 15-minute quiz that all new users are asked to take, filling in my goals, answering questions about my lifestyle and giving all sorts of personal details about my past struggles. I, like many others, was sold (because why wouldn't you be sold when offered a seemingly simple solution to a lifelong struggle?). ![]() It seemed to come out of nowhere, but somehow, one day, my friends and I all seemed to be talking about this ‘miracle’ app that was going to free us from toxic diet culture and help us become the healthiest version of ourselves. Who made me such a promise, you ask? Noom, a subscription-based app for tracking a person's food intake and exercise habits, which has fast made a name for itself as a behaviour change and mental wellness programme. A promise that I was about to discover a new way of life a healthier way of life a life that would empower me to make better choices and equip me with knowledge that had never really been made available to me before. ![]()
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