Kami Kami bite counter keeps your kid masticating
By Darren Murph 
posted November 17th 2008 8:26AM
posted November 17th 2008 8:26AM
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posted November 17th 2008 8:26AM
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Because kids in Asia have an obesity problem....
In some places in Asia, it actually is starting to become an issue. Western and western copycat fast food chains are showing up in more and more places, with reasonable prices for their growing middle class. It's no where near the problem it is in the US and some parts of Europe, but it is far from nonexistant.
Obesity is an increasing problem all over the world... also in Asia.
The gadget might be inspired by a recent Japanese study: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7681458.stm
Confirming what we've always known ;)
Then maybe this should be called The Sumo Wrasslin' Starter Kit.
Kamikaz is absolutely right.
I've lived in Shanghai and Hang Zhou China as well as Tokyo Japan.
I lost 15 pounds in one month eating chinese food mostly because it is steamed - and because everyone walks, rides bikes or is otherwise very active physically. Japan is very similar, and they have smaller portions of food for the amount you spend. I drank alot of soda and green tea so I was getting alot of calories from sugar, but, I still lost weight.
When I started eating at the western food restaraunts: Pizza Hut, KFC and McDonalds, I gained it all back quick. I see the trend continuing in Chinese kids because they want to "eat like Americans".
For burgers, our favorite topping is ANOTHER BURGER.
Its insane. Take a look at Burger King or McDonald's menus.
QUAD STACKER (1300 calories)
Triple Whopper with cheese (1600 calories)
Quarter Pounders, lol
And my favorite breakfast sandwich, the Omwich.
As Flashpoint points out, there Asians are getting fatter. That point aside, chewing your food more leads to weight loss, not gain as the author of this article suggests.
I thought Eric Cartman was representative of US kids.
Scary kid.
thought bubble All work and no play make Eatcha a dull girl. /thought bubble
@Tarnation
Why would someone think "thought bubble"?
You gotta start somewhere, Byron.
What the f***?!
No joke, Engadget should come up with "a little jingle" to play everytime 1000 gadgets come out of asia that don't make the rest of the world go WTF?
It has been in action for ages, too bad Asia has never come up with a gadget that wouldn't make the rest of the world go "WTF?!".
We'll never learn the sound of the little jingle... :(
Does it look to anyone else like that poor girl is being tortured?
Nope
I guess we know what kind of thing YOU masticate to..
Saw anyone?
this.... is...... DISTURBING!
i seriousely wouldn't want this thing on my face , poor little advertising girl :S
What? She looks to old for that thing.
that's a pretty young age for someone to start masticating, isn't it?
shes asian, for all we know she could be 48
props. funniest thing Ive read all day.
Every american, child and adult, should have this.
The battery wouldn't last very long for Americans.
Actually, we swallow our food whole, without chewing.
@Lowest Ranked: ....Like a duck! *Gug gug gug*
Can you please hire me Engadget i cant take this accounting job much longer
Wasn't this in one of the Saw movies?
Side effects include less friends and even more bullying because of elephant ears.
They should hack this thing into a shut-the-fuck-up-device. After too much words, just keep the jaws shut.
That is a great idea! There are a few people I would like to use that on...
NOM NOM NOM
O Rly?
Or maybe this is just a bullshit gadget reason to keep kids quiet at the dinner table. "No Ping Ping! You mess it up with chewnumber! Quiet now and eat more."
Engadget research FAIL: chewing more can actually make you lose weight, rather than gain it - the brain is given more time to process what your eating, digestion is easier and you feel full faster. So it is actually a worthwhile product.
Call it a translation error.
Can I sign you up for 2?
and this isn't featured in crapgadget why???
God, if this was invented when I was a child, my mother would've snatched it up immediately. Am I the only one who had parents who always told their kids to eat slower? I imagine this is pretty useful since kids can be trained using this device early on in the privacy of their own homes so they'll lose the habit later in life. I didn't have it so I still swallow my hamburgers whole.
God knows kids LOVE to masticate. I mean in the bedroom, on the kitchen table, in the dining room, in the living room, in the car, heck even at school. They do that shit EVERYWHERE.
Huh....what do you mean we are talking about chewing?
PS- Welcome to the next Wii peripheral. You think I'm kidding don't you. Well yah....I generally am....generally.
I'm sure this is to teach your child to chew their food properly, the more you chew the faster you get full
@Tarnation
Why would someone think "thought bubble"?
That worked well...
You can all just bite me....
I could actually see this as a good gadget for parents who's kids have some developmental issues, like autism.
It would be cool if it had a button to lock their jaw in place. I might get one for my nephew for Christmas.
Japanese inventors are positively crazy! I mean, WHO buys this stuff? unless the whole nation is...WAIT, I think I got it! 8^/
I think that in picture #2 they plugged the device in. Picture #3 isn't shown due to too much smoke and complaints from those lucky people equipped with Smell-O-Vision.