"...obesity was less common when meals were eaten with the television off and when meals were cooked at home..."

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"Researchers found the lowest odds of obesity for those adults who engaged in both healthy practises – eating home-cooked food and doing it without a TV or video on – every time they ate a family meal.

Obesity was as common in adults who ate family meals one or two days a week as it was in those who ate family meals every day, researchers said.

"Regardless of family meal frequency, obesity was less common when meals were eaten with the television off and when meals were cooked at home," said Sarah Anderson of Ohio State University."