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A new product has on the market for those a digital solution to weight – a fork. A Hong Kong company, HAPILABS, has its HAPIfork at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA. The wireless fork track of your dining habits, including your speed, and then data via USB or Bluetooth to your iPhone or PC. The purpose of the fork is to you eat more slowly. It you how long it took to eat your meal, the amount of “fork servings" per minute, and the intervals between "fork servings". If you are too fast, the fork will vibrate to let you know to slow down. The HAPIfork 65 grams and is on sale for $99.

HAPILABS was by former French pole vaulter Fabrice Boutain. He the benefits of his new product, saying: "What is important is you enough time to chew the food well." He added: "By well, you will help the digestion. There was a study in the United States in 2006 that people more slowly will eat 11 per cent fewer calories. So this is how we can us lose weight." HAPILABS spokesman Andrew Carton said: " too fast, and insufficient mastication has been to all sorts of problems, including…weight gain." The company's website says there are many scientific studies that the negative effects to meals too quickly.