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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday October 16 2018, @10:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the an-apple-a-day... dept.

Apple donates 1,000 watches to eating disorder study

The use of Apple Watches in medical studies now includes research into eating disorders. Apple is donating 1,000 smartwatches to a University of North Carolina study (the Binge Eating Genetics Initiative, or BEGIN) that will help understand bulimia nervosa patients and others with binge eating behavior. The wristwear will track heart rates over a month-long period to see if there are any spikes ahead of binging incidents. If there are, it might be possible to alert caregivers and patients before these acts take place.

They either have too many unwanted smartwatches laying around, or want doctors to prescribe the Apple Watch treatment.

Also at 9to5Mac and Fast Company.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Tuesday October 16 2018, @01:46PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday October 16 2018, @01:46PM (#749519) Journal

    At £400 each . . .

    For that much, those Apple Watches better taste pretty darn good for this Binge Eating Study. I strongly suspect I could find better tasting items for less.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by MostCynical on Tuesday October 16 2018, @08:27PM (1 child)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday October 16 2018, @08:27PM (#749653) Journal

    Most binge eaters seem to stay away from fruit, so something labelled "apple" should be safe

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    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday October 17 2018, @03:26PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 17 2018, @03:26PM (#749990) Journal

      Apple watches are probably edible.

      General rule: almost anything is edible, at least once.

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