Post by gato on Jun 28, 2021 13:00:08 GMT -5
UK and University of Otago researchers have presented a "world-first weight loss device," which attaches to the teeth and prevents patients from opening their mouths wider than 2 mm using "magnetic devices and custom-manufactured locking bolts." ---- New Atlas
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The DentalSlim Diet Control, developed by a team of researchers at New Zealand’s University of Otago, is a magnetic contraption fashioned to the wearer’s back teeth that prevents them from opening their jaw all the way, restricting them to a liquid diet. According to a press release, a person wearing this device can still open their jaw about two millimeters, which is apparently enough room for speech and unrestricted breathing. Patients fitted with the device are also given a tool to unlock it in case of emergency, though reportedly no participants in the study needed to make use of it. Meanwhile, those participants lost an average of about 14 pounds in two weeks “and were motivated to continue with their weight loss journey.”
www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/health-and-fitness/new-weight-loss-device-locks-jaw-shut
i.postimg.cc/DZ3tJ2fT/teeth.jpg
The DentalSlim Diet Control, developed by a team of researchers at New Zealand’s University of Otago, is a magnetic contraption fashioned to the wearer’s back teeth that prevents them from opening their jaw all the way, restricting them to a liquid diet. According to a press release, a person wearing this device can still open their jaw about two millimeters, which is apparently enough room for speech and unrestricted breathing. Patients fitted with the device are also given a tool to unlock it in case of emergency, though reportedly no participants in the study needed to make use of it. Meanwhile, those participants lost an average of about 14 pounds in two weeks “and were motivated to continue with their weight loss journey.”
www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/health-and-fitness/new-weight-loss-device-locks-jaw-shut
