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22nd February 2017
03:00pm GMT

"We see that those who are more successful at sticking to their daily dieting goals express more positive sentiments and have a greater sense of achievement in their social interactions. They are focused on the future, generally more social and have larger social networks."De Choudhury says that successful dieters tend to be more more socially interactive and focused on sharing topics relating to health and fitness via their social media channels,
"We see that these users are much more likely to share healthy recipes, offer tips on nutrition and exercise, and report on their own progress. Their larger network of friends and followers, and increased engagement, means that they tend to also have stronger support systems, which positively impacts the likelihood of dieting compliance."The tweets of people who are not so successful in sticking to their diet plans, tend to have a negative tone; they also tend to be more fearful in their social media posts. Professor De Choudhury says examples of this include tweets like "I'm pretty sure I'm going to lose my mind" and "Feel rough as old boots this morning - ankle hurts, shin hurts, chest hurts, head hurts." Conversely, tweets such as "Win like a six times champion" and "If we never stumble we never fall. If we never fall we never fail, and if we never fail we never grow!" are examples of the upbeat and self-reflective language the research indicates is most common to successful dieters. Maybe Charlie Sheen was just on a big diet when he was #winning... Join the conversation on Twitter @HerFamilydotie
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