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Article: Oral 'speed bump' slows eating; aids weight loss.(Obesity)
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- Family Practice News
- Article date:
- December 15, 2007
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NEW ORLEANS -- An oral device that fits in the mouth much like a retainer could help overweight individuals eat more slowly and, in the process, eat less and lose weight, according to a poster presented at the annual meeting of NAASO, the Obesity Society.
Almost half of those who ate with the device in their mouths lost at least 5% of their body weight at the end of a 20-week, open-label, randomized study, said Dr. Mitchell Roslin, chief of the bariatric surgery program at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
The study, which was carried out at four centers in the United States, randomized 108 adults aged 18-49 years who had a body mass index (BMI) of ...