METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASUREMENT OF EATING SPEED

摘要

The present invention includes a method and a device for the measurement of rate of eating (32) of an object of measurement (28) ingesting food. The method includes a scale (24) for the measurement of food intake and a first means (12), which is signal connected with the scale and allows storing and computing of signals and visualization (20, 22) of stored and computed signals. Simultaneously, said first means (12) provides at least one reference standard (30) for rate of eating and an associated, biologically determined level of satiety, which is used for comparison, visualization (20, 22) and evaluation together with the values of rate of eating recorded by said scale (24) and stored by said first means (12). This allows for adjustment of rate of eating (32). Said first means (12) of the method consists of a computer system, specifically a portable computer (34) with an integrated scale (36).