They seem to have meters and devices for everything these days. They have them to tell when you are ovulating, they have them to tell you when you’re pregnant, but I doubt they’ll ever come out with one that will automatically send out birth announcements at the exact moment your baby is born.

They do, however, now have one to tell youwhen you eat too much too fast.

A new device aimed at discouraging eaters from bolting their food is a useful tool in combatting childhood obesity, according to a study published online on Wednesday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Doctors carried out an 18-month assessment of a small computer-linked scale called a Mandometer, which has been developed by scientists at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute.

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