{"id":433,"date":"2014-09-08T14:24:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T14:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=433"},"modified":"2014-09-08T14:24:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T14:24:28","slug":"social-networking-can-help-people-lose-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2014\/09\/08\/social-networking-can-help-people-lose-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Social networking can help people lose weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2014\/09\/08\/social-networking-can-help-people-lose-weight\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-434\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2014\/09\/Social-media-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Social media\" \/>Health policy researcher and Clinical Lecturer in general surgery <\/span><a style=\"color: #44b6d0\" title=\"Dr Hutan Ashrafian\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/AP\/faces\/pages\/read\/Home.jsp?person=h.ashrafian&amp;_adf.ctrl-state=3fd9kec9n_3&amp;_afrRedirect=1028056532207247\">Dr Hutan Ashrafian<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">, was the lead author of a study released today looking at whether social networking programmes, designed to help people lose weight could play a role in the global fight against obesity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The researchers compiled data from 12 studies spread across the US, Europe, east Asia and Australia which trialled social networking services for weight loss, involving 1,884 participants in total. 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