About The $5,000 Device That Drains Your Stomach After Eating
From Japanese goggles that trick the brain into seeing larger portions to a controversial device that drains part of a meal directly from the stomach, this documentary investigates radical technologies designed to tackle obesity. The journey also heads inside McLaren, where Formula 1 sensor technology is being adapted to monitor the human body and encourage healthier choices.
The $5,000 Device That Drains Your Stomach After Eating is presented by Naked Science. Its listed runtime is 22 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
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Documentary details and original source
- Title
- The $5,000 Device That Drains Your Stomach After Eating
- Category
- Society
- Runtime
- 22 minutes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Naked Science
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