I get what you’re saying here. I want to put in my own two-cents. I hate television. Like madly. Like, I can take it in little ittle-bittle quantities but honestly not very much. My partner lives and dies by the television. Her entire family lives and dies by it. It’s madness for me, but I love her. We’ve reached a compromise. But when we eat, we’ve been eating more and more alone as a whole. Because she needs to eat in front of a screen, it gives her pleasure. But I cannot do it, I will eat (and yeah I portion my meals and always attempt balance) and not even notice that I ate. I am not saying I’m heading back to eat more. I just literally don’t think when I am munching. And it ruins my meals. I just threw my arms up in the air over it, because there’s very little I can do. But I much rather go at meals with them being the only focus than split my attention over them.

So in that sense, I am just saying outright I cannot be mindful if I eat in front of a tv. And for my own sake, I am much happier with screens off when I munch. But yeah, while it is a bit of a long draw I do think if there were more definitive studies they’d find screens in general affect eating patterns (among other things) overall. But I don’t believe that’s going to be done, because it would be alarmist in a world that can’t really be bothered over things it can’t change. And screens are here to stay.

p.s. - not trying to lose or gain weight. Just trying to live =)