According to many healthcare professionals, the growth in obesity is the leading health concern worldwide. However, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore released a statement on their website that university researchers, in collaboration with the Singaporean National University Health System, have developed a “self-inflating” pill that they hope will help tackle the obesity epidemic.
The capsule, called the EndoPil, contains “a balloon that can be self-inflated with a handheld magnet once it is in the stomach, thus inducing a sense of fullness.” The magnets are involved to create a chemical reaction between a body safe acid and salt contain in the packet, which in turn creates carbon dioxide to inflate the balloon.
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