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Applying a Pneumatic Interface to Intervene with Rapid Eating Behaviour
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Abstract
Higher eating rates are positively correlate with obesity. In this paper, we propose the design of a new eating utensil that can reduce eating rate by interfering with eater's ability to eat quickly. This utensil can change its rigidity and shape by deflating itself to interfere with eating. In this study, a low fidelity proof-of-concept prototype device has been designed to provide physical resistance in order to help people reduce their eating rate. The proposed prototype could be used to demonstrate the feasibility of applying a pneumatically actuated shape-changing interface to embed physical resistance into an eating utensil.
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http://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/51213
Citation
Zhang Z, Kim J, Sakamoto Y, Han T, Irani P. Applying a Pneumatic Interface to Intervene with Rapid Eating Behaviour. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2019;257 513-519. PMID: 30741249.
Bibtext Entry
@article {PMID:30741249,
Title = {Applying a Pneumatic Interface to Intervene with Rapid Eating Behaviour},
Author = {Zhang, Zuoyi and Kim, Junhyeok and Sakamoto, Yumiko and Han, Teng and Irani, Pourang},
Volume = {257},
Year = {2019},
Journal = {Studies in health technology and informatics},
ISSN = {0926-9630},
Pages = {513—519},
URL = {http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/30741249}
}
Authors
Zuoyi Zhang
AlumniJunhyeok Kim
AlumniDr. Yumiko Sakamoto
Senior Research Associate at University of British ColumbiaTeng Han
AlumniPourang Irani
ProfessorCanada Research Chair
at University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus