Put down that mobile phone - it's making you fat! Scientists warn using a smartphone at mealtimes can lead to an expanding waistline People ate 15 per cent more calories when looking at mobile phones while eating Staring at screens may distract diners from how much food they have consumed The groundbreaking study is published in the journal Physiology And Behavior
By Roger Dobson for The Mail on Sunday
Published: 23:24 GMT, 23 February 2019 | Updated: 23:24 GMT, 23 February 2019
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Using a smartphone at mealtimes can lead to an expanding waistline, say scientists.
Researchers have found that men and women consumed 15 per cent more calories when looking at their phones while eating. They also ate more fatty food.
The groundbreaking study suggests that staring at a phone screen may distract diners from how much food they are actually eating.
Both men and women in the study ate 15 per cent more calories when looking at mobile phones while eating compared to when they had no distractions
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