Get Your Weight Reading Now On Twitter

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Friday, March 26, 2010, 16:44

Your weight will now be twitted automatically. And all this will be done by a bathroom scale. This weight scale could be the best way to give you that extra push to shed those love handles.

Withings" Wi-Fi Body Scale, which reports your body stats to iPhone and Web page, has now been upgraded with Twitter facility.

The moment you stand up on that scale, all your weight information goes on immediately on to your twitter account for everyone to view. So, your extra kilos can now can no more stay secret.

This may sound offensive but health experts claim that, "Studies show that accountability does help. For instance, if patients get weighed once a week rather than every couple of months, they lose more weight."

But at the same time, it may have an inverse effect on a person's self confidence. But, a sporting attitude would be to take it as a challenge and make yourself an example by flaunting weight loss.

"It could work if someone is there to help. But if the person already has a poor self-image, and they get made fun of, then I think tweeting one"s weight may be going a little bit too far," Doctor's say.

The Withings" Wi-Fi Body Scale, outfitted with a wireless connection, is costs 163 dollars.