Alex, Jimmy
Turner, Dusty
Thomas, Diana M.
McDougall, Andrew
Halawani, Mirna W.
Heymsfield, Steven B.
Martin, Corby K.
Scisco, Jenna L.
Salley, James
Muth, Eric
Hoover, Adam W.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R41DK091141, R15DK090739)
Article History
Received: 4 September 2016
Accepted: 12 April 2018
First Online: 18 May 2018
Ethics and approval and consent to participate
: All participants signed an informed consent to participate in this study. The study protocol was approved by the Clemson University Institutional Review Board.
: DMT holds a patent titled: “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING FETAL AND MATERNAL HEALTH RISKS”. The authors, AWH, EM, and JLS own the patent: “Device and Method for Detecting Eating Activities”. Authors ERM and AWH have formed a company, “Bite Technologies,” to market and sell a bite counting device. Clemson University owns a US patent for intellectual property known as “The Weight Watch”, USA, Patent No. 8310368, filed January 2009, granted November 13, 2012. Bite Technologies has licensed the method from Clemson University and has been funded by South Carolina Launch, a state organization that incubates startup companies associated with university intellectual property, and has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to validate the device. ERM, JLS, and AWH receive royalty payments from bite counting device sales. The other authors have no conflicts to declare.
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