Bizarre weight-loss device that LOCKS your jaws shut with magnets branded ‘degrading’ by social media users
Updated: 29 Jun 2021, 8:04
A BIZARRE weight-loss device that locks the wearer s jaws shut with magnets has been branded degrading .
Branded the world-first weight loss device against obesity, the piece of kit stops the wearer s mouth from opening wider than 2mm.
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It s believed that over half of the world s population will be over weight or obese by 2030Credit: UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO
The creators behind the invention say it effectively limits the participant to a liquid diet.
Luckily for whoever has it in their mouth, they are still able to speak and breathe.
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University of Otago and UK researchers have developed a world-first weight-loss device to help fight the global obesity epidemic. ’I think this is absolutely awful. How degrading, ’ wrote one Twitter user, responding to the University of Otago post. ’Yes, the problem is that us fatties can’t keep our mouth shut.’’ Another asked: ’Is this satire?” Participants in the Dunedin-based trial lost an average of 6.36kg in two weeks, a paper published in the
B Seven people participated in the trial, of which one dropped out for an unrelated reason. A safety feature incorporated into the device allows for it to be disengaged in the case of an emergency, such as a panic attack or the possibility of choking.