Television plays a significant role in modern life and has become an essential appliance for leisure and entertainment in households. It enriches people's information and brings them joy. However, watching TV should be done in moderation and with a proper schedule, as it can have adverse effects on health. It is important to turn off the TV while eating, as eating while watching TV can lead to unknowingly consuming excessive amounts of food. During dinner, cartoons are often shown on TV, which has led many children to develop the habit of watching TV while eating.
When eating, the body requires digestive fluids and blood to help with the digestion of food. However, when watching TV while eating, the brain also requires a large amount of blood. This leads to competition for blood supply between the two functions. As a result, neither function receives sufficient blood supply, resulting in poor eating and poor TV viewing. Over time, this can lead to dizziness and blurred vision. American medical experts have stated that this can have a negative impact on children's weight and hinder the digestion and absorption of nutrients.
Eating while watching TV increases the risk of obesity. When eating, one is often distracted by the TV or other things, which can lead to mechanical and subconscious eating. This can result in an imbalanced diet and even obesity. To protect one's stomach and avoid overeating, an important principle is to focus on eating and avoid multitasking.
If the brain has to multitask while eating, such as watching TV, using the computer, or reading, it can affect the secretion of digestive fluids and prevent the brain from paying attention to the stomach's signal of being full. This can lead to continuous eating and excessive calorie intake, ultimately resulting in obesity.
Watching TV during mealtime can have a negative impact on appetite. External factors, such as TV, can enhance appetite through conditioned reflex, in addition to physiological factors. When eating while watching TV, people often focus more on the TV and neglect the taste of the food. This can decrease or even eliminate the already present appetite, leading to malnutrition over time.
Especially during dinner, keeping the TV on can hinder communication between family members. Throughout the day, family members often have limited opportunities to meet and interact, and dinner time provides a good opportunity for communication. However, if everyone is watching TV during dinner, there is little interaction between family members. They either focus solely on the dialogue on TV or use the TV content as the main topic of conversation. Generally, TV viewership during dinner is high, as it is considered prime time. However, the TV programs during this time are often low-quality comedies or entertainment-focused, which may not be suitable for dinner.
This leads to family members not caring about each other's lives and not having an understanding of how each member's day went. During dinner, family members should communicate and share their experiences while enjoying a happy meal. This approach allows family members to experience the warmth of a family and develop a stronger love for the family, enhancing their sense of family and love for the family.
Currently, there are some drawbacks in the teaching methods used in schools, which have lost the ability to cultivate children's values. If certain aspects are not supplemented in the private space of the family, it can have a detrimental impact on children.
Warm reminder:
The dust inside the TV contains substances such as dioxins and polybrominated diphenyl ethers. Dioxins have strong carcinogenic effects and can also cause endocrine disorders, cardiovascular diseases, immune system damage, miscarriages, or abnormal sperm. Due to its widespread sources and high toxicity, it is recognized worldwide as an important organic pollutant with great potential harm to human health.
