A nasal device which impairs the ability to smell could help obese people lose weight, researchers have claimed. The soft silicone contraption is inserted inside the nostrils, enabling users to continue breathing but causing air to bypass the olfactory. The device was found to aid weight loss in obese people under the age of 50, according to a pilot study presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Vienna, Austria.
The nasal device claimed by researchers to help fight obesity.The pilot study examined 65 obese adults who reduced their diet by 500 calories every day, with 37 told to use the device and 28 given saline drops as a placebo. Overall there was no significant difference in weight loss between the two groups, however, there was when looking at under 50s alone.In this group, those who used the device every day for five to 12 hours lost an average of 8.3kg in 12 weeks,…
