No TV during meals may lower obesity risk

No TV during meals may lower obesity risk – Medical News Today (free)

Original article abstract ($ required for full-text): Television, Home-Cooked Meals, and Family Meal Frequency: Associations with Adult Obesity – Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Related article: Screen time is associated with adiposity and insulin resistance in children – Archives of Diseases in Childhood (free) AND Screentime linked to greater diabetes risk among children – The Guardian (free)

The first study in adults and the second study in children suggest there might be a link between screen time and weight gain or adiposity.