for fun alternatives to watching TV. Or search the following categories:Preschool children who regularly have their meals in front of the television eat one-third more than if the TV is not on, according to an American study.
Preschoolers eat more in front of the TV
Comments: This does not look like a very robust study. However, it suggests that more research needs to be done on this issue. The strangest discovery was that although the regular tv-watching kids ate more when they ate meals in front of the TV, kids who did not watch TV regularly ate less when they were served meals in front of the TV.
TV seems to disrupt the normal indications of fullness. This may be part of the reason that people who watch 3 hours of TV per day are twice as likely to be obese that people who watch only one hour of TV per day. (See Heavy TV watchers are twice as likely to be obese by Katherine Westphal)
As always, examine this issue for yourself. Monitor how much you and your family eat when the TV is ON vs. how much everyone eats when the TV is OFF.