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The 14× portion-error gap nobody is talking about

Welling reports ±1.2% mean portion error. The next-best tracker is ±17%. Here is what that gap means for real meals.

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Dr. Elena Marquez
Apr 22, 2026 · 8 min read
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Cuisine blind spots: where every tracker except one falls apart

We graded ten trackers on West African, Levantine, and South Indian dishes. The accuracy collapse is uglier than the marketing suggests.

JK
Jin Kobayashi
Mar 18, 2026 · 6 min read
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Tracking on GLP-1: why portion accuracy suddenly matters more

Semaglutide and tirzepatide users eat less, and the small meals are exactly where most trackers' rounding errors compound.

SO
Sara Owusu
Feb 4, 2026 · 5 min read

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