Patent attributes
A wearable device and a method for monitoring eating are provided. The wearable device is wearable on an arm of a user and includes: an acceleration sensor, used to acquire acceleration information of the arm of the user; a processing unit connected to the acceleration sensor, used to calculate times of eating performed by the user in a predetermined duration based on the acceleration information and obtain an eating frequency of the user; a comparing unit connected to the processing unit, used to compare the eating frequency with a reference frequency and generate a first alarming signal if determining through comparison that the eating frequency is equal to or larger than the reference frequency; and an alarm connected to the comparing unit, used to alarm upon reception of the first alarming signal.
