Turn TV off to stay slim

'Everyone knows what too much television can do to the mind and what too little exercise can do to the body.'

OTTAWA: A Canadian study has now shown that the boob tube can also lead to an increase in how much we eat. Studying childhood obesity, University of Toronto nutritionist Harvey Anderson found that kids who watch TV while eating lunch took 228 extra calories than those who ate without  the television on.

" One of Anderson's conclusions is that eating while watching televion overrides our ability to know when we stop eating," the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, which funded the study, said.

"In effect, mindless television watching produces mindless eating. ...Anderson has some immediate advice for parents--turn the television off during mealtime."

source: Arab News