Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Locking ourselves into the past: the DentalSlim Diet Control device and an incomplete understanding of obesity

  • Comment
  • Published:
International Journal of Obesity Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Marsh S. New weight-loss tool prevents mouth from opening more than 2mm. The Guardian. 2021. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/28/new-weight-loss-tool-dentalslim-diet-control

  2. Cost B. ‘Torture’ device that locks jaw shut to tackle obesity sparks outrage. New York Post. 2021. https://nypost.com/2021/06/28/device-that-locks-jaw-shut-to-tackle-obesity-sparks-outrage/

  3. Brunton PA, Ratnayake J, Bodansky HJ, Mei L, Veerasamy A, Hall R. An intraoral device for weight loss: initial clinical findings. Br Dent J. 2021;1–6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-3081-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34172922; PMCID: PMC8231740.

  4. International Journal of Obesity—Guide to Authors. Int J Obes. 2020. https://www.nature.com/documents/ijo-gta.pdf

  5. Raynor HA, Wing RR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT | Weight Maintenance. In: Caballero B, editor. Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition (Second Edition). Oxford: Elsevier; 2005. p. 413–21. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0122266943022869

  6. Stunkard AJ, Foch TT, Hrubec Z. A twin study of human obesity. JAMA. 1986;256:51–4.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Al-Dhubhani MK, Al-Tarawneh AM. The role of dentistry in treatment of obesity—review. Saudi J Dental Res. 2015;6:152–6.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Phelan SM, Burgess DJ, Yeazel MW, Hellerstedt WL, Griffin JM, van Ryn M. Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity. Obes Rev. 2015;16:319–26.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Funding

National Institutes of Health and Massachusetts General Hospital Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) (FCS), National Institutes of Health NIDDK P30 DK040561 (FCS) and L30 DK118710 (FCS).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Sociology, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, UK

    Lucy Tu

  2. Department of the History of Science, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, UK

    Simar Singh Bajaj

  3. Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH Weight Center, Department of Medicine-Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics-Division of Endocrinology, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH), Boston, MA, USA

    Fatima Cody Stanford

Authors
  1. Lucy Tu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Simar Singh Bajaj
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Fatima Cody Stanford
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

The authors confirm contribution to the paper as follows. Comment conception: LT. Manuscript draft: LT and SSB wrote the manuscript. FCS edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Fatima Cody Stanford.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Additional information

Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Tu, L., Bajaj, S.S. & Stanford, F.C. Locking ourselves into the past: the DentalSlim Diet Control device and an incomplete understanding of obesity. Int J Obes 45, 2513–2514 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-00956-6

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-00956-6

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation