Patent ID: 9332778
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A23L,A23V,A47G

Claim Text:
1. A method for assisting in the retraining of the stimulation of a subject's satiety response during the consumption of a meal over a predetermined time period, said method comprising the steps of: measuring a meal size by weight to ensure that the meal does not exceed a maximum weight based on a subject's gender; advising the subject if the meal exceeds the maximum weight permitted for the subject's gender; initiating a timer on determining that the meal is the appropriate size, said timer adapted to operate over a predetermined time interval; conveying an instruction, via the timer issuing a signal of a first type to the subject to consume a portion of the meal over an eating interval; conveying an instruction, via the timer issuing a signal of a second type different to the first type, to the subject to pause consumption of the meal over a resting interval, wherein the eating and resting intervals are continually alternated over the predetermined time interval to trigger said subject's satiety response by having the subject complete the meal on or after expiry of said predetermined time interval with the subject signalled over the predetermined time interval to either consume or rest by the issuance of the signal of the first type and the signal of the second type alternated over the predetermined time interval; signalling the end of the predetermined time interval to the subject at the end of the predetermined time interval; and communicating the eating and resting intervals to the subject via a visual display, wherein the display comprises at least one LED to indicate the amount of elapsed time within the predetermined time interval, and the LED is scanned across the display between a start and end position throughout the duration of the predetermined time interval.