Thank goodness I don’t eat in front of a TV. I use my phone to watch videos while I eat.
No, eating in front of the TV is not bad for you. What’s bad for you is what you eat. You can sit through the whole movie eating carrots. but if you chose to eat chips/pretzels/popcorn it will eventually kill you (assuming you don’t care about yourself).
The article actually disagrees with this. From the first section:
Studies suggest that habitually eating while watching TV isn’t good for us, no matter what we’re eating.
But then the article goes on to disagree with that statement. It’s just saying that distracted eating leads to over eating (or in some cases forgetting to eat). There is nothing about having a tv on that makes the food you are eating less nutritious. It even says that children are more likely to eat veggies they don’t like if they are distracted by tv.
If you choose and portion your food mindfully there is no issue. They are also trying to say your body will “forget” it already ate and be more likely to snack later. I guess if you’re not able to control your snacking that could be an issue, but it’s a pretty speculative claim. Also, not everyone is trying to lose weight.
I get what you’re saying here. I want to put in my own two-cents. I hate television. Like madly. Like, I can take it in little ittle-bittle quantities but honestly not very much. My partner lives and dies by the television. Her entire family lives and dies by it. It’s madness for me, but I love her. We’ve reached a compromise. But when we eat, we’ve been eating more and more alone as a whole. Because she needs to eat in front of a screen, it gives her pleasure. But I cannot do it, I will eat (and yeah I portion my meals and always attempt balance) and not even notice that I ate. I am not saying I’m heading back to eat more. I just literally don’t think when I am munching. And it ruins my meals. I just threw my arms up in the air over it, because there’s very little I can do. But I much rather go at meals with them being the only focus than split my attention over them.
So in that sense, I am just saying outright I cannot be mindful if I eat in front of a tv. And for my own sake, I am much happier with screens off when I munch. But yeah, while it is a bit of a long draw I do think if there were more definitive studies they’d find screens in general affect eating patterns (among other things) overall. But I don’t believe that’s going to be done, because it would be alarmist in a world that can’t really be bothered over things it can’t change. And screens are here to stay.
p.s. - not trying to lose or gain weight. Just trying to live =)
I don’t know whether to believe BBC or fart_pickle.
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Context. A quote like this is extremely misleading when taken out of the full article. The first two paragraphs are an intro, not a conclusion.
Yes. Eating the front of a TV is bad for you. Eating any part of the TV is not considered healthy. On top of that, TV dinners are really expensive with how inflation has hit the electronics industry. Save your money and your body and choose roadkill instead.
No, no, no. Eating on the road is also bad; it could lead to driver distraction. Meals should be foraged from parks and fields, and while electronics in general should be avoided, the occasional abandoned printer is acceptable.
Not directly but it is indicative of actually unhealthy behaviours. If you consistently eat in front of the TV, you’re more likely to be doing things more directly tied to poor health.
Yes omg the radiation from the screen will give you cancer!
Ps. I didn’t read the article
