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Paper Finding: However, participants who set goals based on their daily records significantly decreased food consumption compared with the KR-only group.
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Paper Context: In a study of overweight clients in a weight clinic, participants who kept daily records of all the food they consumed but did not set goals to reduce food intake did not alter their eating habits and performed no differently than a control group who kept no records and set no specific goals . However, participants who set goals based on their daily records significantly decreased food consumption compared with the KR-only group. Dockstader (Note 3) found no apparent effect of KR alone on the performance of key punch operators, but those provided with KR and a performance standard significantly exceeded their own previous performance and that of the KR-only group.