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Article: Take the bite of out eating; A $500 piece of plastic is designed to make you eat less
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- July 20, 2004
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The Patriot Ledger
Picture this: You're at an all-you-can-eat buffet. You scarf down
a plateful of food and quickly return for another. Eventually you
groan and push your plate away. You lean back, unbutton your pants
and think to yourself: never again.
An Atlanta-based company says it has a way to beat the overeating
trap and has enlisted dentists to push its product. The DDS System
is a removable oral appliance being marketed as a way to force people
to eat slower while taking smaller bites. The retainer-like device
fills space in the roof of the mouth. The premise is that slower
eating reduces food intake, giving the natural "I'm full" signal time
to be sent out before the second plate ...