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By Josefine Volqvartz
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A new computer therapy is being used to tackle
obesity in children.
Connected to a small dining set, consisting of scales and a plate, a mini
computer teaches children how to eat and reminds them when to stop.
"In obese people, hunger signals from the stomach to the brain stop
functioning. But the new computer system teaches the children how to
receive these messages again," says Dr. Julian Hamilton-Shield, the Bristol
University senior lecturer leading the therapy trials.
While eating, children are continuously asked by the computer to register a
level of fullness and -- through the process of re-association -- the
hunger signals are gradually revived.
The computer, called a Mandometer, records and stores the weight loss from
the plate when children eat. As the food is leaving the plate, a curve is
generated on the computer screen indicating whether the child is eating too
quickly.
"Children with weight problems often eat to quickly. We want them to eat
steadily and slowly and the system teaches them to slow down. It's a bit
like retraining," says Hamilton-Shield.
Obesity now represents one of the major threats to the future health of
children. About one in five boys and one in four girls aged two to 15 in
England are overweight. But so far no treatments have proven effective in
treating children.
London nutritionist Seema Khajuria welcomes the new technology, but doubts
it will work without strict supervision.
"The children will need to have strong will power to avoid junk foods and
drinks and had they been strong willed they would not have been obese in
the first place."
The Mandometer was developed in Sweden, but is currently undergoing further
development at the University of Bristol, with £120,000 ($224,400) in
funding from BUPA -- a global health and care organization.
"The BUPA foundation is extremely encouraged by this trial which is looking
at new ways of tackling the problem," says Dr. Andrew Vallance-Owen,
governor of the foundation.
The system could be on the market in two years time. At first, it would be
administered by medical clinics. "At a later stage, it could be developed
into a self-sufficient system monitoring and providing feedback," says
Hamilton-Shield.
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