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To test if encouraging slimmers to photograph everything they eat might also encourage them to change their diet, scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison asked

43 people to record what they ate for one week in pictures as well as in words.

When the volunteers were later quizzed the photo diary appeared more effective at encouraging them to change their eating habits to more healthy alternatives.

The photographs also acted as a powerful reminder of any snacking binges, the researchers found.

“I had to think more carefully about what I was going to eat because I had to take a picture of it,” was a typical response from volunteers, the scientists found.

With many people now carrying round a camera in their phones, so its easy to do. In my role as  Cognitive Hypnotherapist I now ask my clients who come to see me with weight issues, to take pictures of their food.  It’s also a helpful technique for those who come to see me for Gastric Band Hypnosis who want to lose weight quick.

It’s especially helpful for those of my clients who are eating  too large a portion size, or struggle with takeaway or restaurant portions. The pictures also act as powerful reminders of any binge eating episodes, and its interesting to see the story they tell when linked together over the period of a week.

So are you food pictures this big?

Or this small?