Applying a Pneumatic Interface to Intervene with Rapid Eating Behaviour
Published in ITCH 2019: Information Technology and Communications in Health, 2019
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.
Recommended citation: Zhang, Z., Kim, J., Sakamoto, Y., Han, T., & Irani, P. (2019). Applying a Pneumatic Interface to Intervene with Rapid Eating Behaviour. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 257, 513-519. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-951-5-513
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