What's your eating pattern?

pollypocket1021

Thought this might be of interest: http://www.mandolean.com/upl/files/7074.pdf

Full disclosure: I went to a clinic run by the same group for eating disorder treatment in 2006. I think I was taught a linear eating pattern. I still have the device, but haven't used it in years.

At this point, I'm not sure if my eating pattern is linear or decelerating.

tomatoey

Interested, but can't get the pdf, for some reason Is there a web page that describes it?

kommodevaran

That was very, very hard to read/comprehend. Can you give us a summary in English?

pollypocket1021

Maybe this one will work better: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031938408003193

Basically it analyzed the rate of eating (food is set on a digital scale that takes constant measurements). People who ate at a slower rate as the meal progressed were less likely to be obese or have an eating disorder. Which makes sense, because they are more aware of satiety. If the rate of eating stayed constant, there was a greater likelihood of obesity and eating disorders.

pollypocket1021

kommodevaran wrote: »

That was very, very hard to read/comprehend. Can you give us a summary in English?

The researchers are from Sweden. I think that is one of the reasons this approach is not more widely known in the U.S.

pollypocket1021

This is a video that shows the device in action, but is shows a linear eating rate:
http://youtu.be/22My3funx2U

kommodevaran

pollypocket1021 wrote: »

kommodevaran wrote: »

That was very, very hard to read/comprehend. Can you give us a summary in English?

The researchers are from Sweden. I think that is one of the reasons this approach is not more widely known in the U.S.

Haha, I'm Norwegian

kommodevaran

pollypocket1021 wrote: »

This is a video that shows the device in action, but is shows a linear eating rate:
http://youtu.be/22My3funx2U

I think it's a bit corny, but great that the participants adhere to the instructions from the machine, they obviously need some guidance, and it helps.

faithyang

I eat slow for numerous reasons - social anxiety sometimes because I don't like eating in front of strange people at my table (seems to not really be the case if I'm sitting alone at the table), courtesy (don't like stuffing my face rudely), and I don't like to talk with my mouth full. But that was the case even when I was fat. I still eat slowly now, but I can eat an entire cow (figuratively speaking)...while doing it slowly!