BBC Focus - 04.2020_

DISCOVERIES

News

in brief

UPMC X2, GET T Y IMAGES

CCL22tricked

thebodyinto

thinkinga

newlegwas

native tissue

PLAYINGVIDEOGAMES

DURINGMEALTIMESMAY

MAKEUSEATLESS

Playingvideogames,orbeing

distractedbytechnologyduring

mealtimesmaymakeuseatless,a

studyfromtheUniversityofIllinois

suggests.Theteamtooka groupof

119 young adults who hadn’t eaten

for 10 hoursandgavethema meal

ofminiquichestoeatwhilethey

playeda simplememoryand

attentionvideogamefor 15

minutes.Theyfoundplayingthe

gamewhileeatingmadethe

participantseatsignificantlyless

thantheydidwheneatingthesame

meal without distractions.

“Allit tookwastwo

shotsofthe

treatmenttocreate

a seemingly

permanentchange”