Abstract: A method and a device for the measurement of rate of eating of an object of measurement ingesting food. The method includes a scale for the measurement of food intake and a computer system, which is signal-connected with the scale and allows storing and computing of signals and visualization of stored and computed signals. Simultaneously, the computer system provides at least one reference standard for the rate of eating and an associated, biologically determined level of satiety, which is used for comparison, visualization and evaluation together with the values of rate of eating recorded by said scale and stored by the computer system. This allows for adjustment of rate of eating. The computer system of the method may be provided as a portable computer with an integrated scale.