New research from US scientists has revealed that eating food in front of a TV or while looking at mobile phones and computer screens can lead to obesity. According to Mail Online, scientists at the University of Sussex conducted experiments on hundreds of volunteers in the study. These volunteers were given more or less high-calorie foods while watching TV, taking complex tests on a computer screen, or eating in front of a TV.
These groups were given the same food for several weeks and tested for obesity. In the results, the scientists said that people who eat food in front of a TV and eat while working on the computer eat more food than usual. The group that could not do any work at mealtime continued to eat very little of the other group's food.
Later, when they were changed and fed while watching TV, they also ate more food than usual, growing obese. Scientists say that enjoying food in front of a TV or any other screen doesn't make you feel like eating. Such people pay attention to TV and go on eating, so they are many times more likely to become obese.