People always say home food is the best for everything. But going out is also a must once in a while.Making home-cooked dinners and switching off the television while eating could go hand-in-hand with fighting obesity, according to new US research.
The new study, carried out by Ohio State University, looked at 12,842 participants who said that they’d eaten at least one family meal in the week prior to their interview.
One third of the study participants were obese, with obesity calculated from self-reported height and weight measures collected in the survey and defined as a body mass index at or above 30.
After taking into account factors such as employment status, marital status, race, education and age, the researchers found that adults who reported never watching TV or videos during family meals had a significantly lower chance of obesity compared to those who always watched something during mealtimes.
Around a third of participants reporting that they watched TV or videos most of the time during family meals, with 36% reporting that they never watched anything during mealtimes. When you watch TV you do not know what is the quantity of intake of your food. Always use small plates so that what ever you take will look more for you in that plate. That feeling will finally help you in taking less food. If the plate is big the food quantity looks too small and you would like to take more.
