Apple will donate 1,000 Apple Watches to the University of North Carolina's BEGIN (Binge Eating Genetics Initiative) study, reports CNBC.People with binge eating disorder often eat large amounts of food uncontrollably in a small period of time. Those who follow with compensatory behavior like purging or excessive exercise are typically diagnosed with bulimia nervosa. Cynthia Bulik, founding director of the Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders at UNC and one of the researchers behind BEGIN, is hoping to recruit 1,000 participants, ages 18 or older, who have experience with either binge eating disorder or bulimia nervosa.
Participants will use an app called Recovery Record which lets them log their thoughts and feelings and share information with their doctor ahead of a session. It requires 10 minutes a day of participation. Each person will get a free Apple Watch, courtesy of Apple, to monitor their heart rate over the course of a month. Researchers will check if there are heart rate spikes before binge eating episodes.
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