China Economic Network Beijing, January 27, "Mobile phone under the meal, too fragrant!" Young people can be seen everywhere in restaurants, cafes and other places brushing their mobile phones to eat. Elders often say that looking at the phone while eating will affect digestion, and many people know that this is a bad habit, but they don't know that it is actually a very dangerous bad habit. "Eating and looking at your phone may cause risks such as burns, stomach problems, tooth damage, and bacterial poisoning!" Fan Zhihong, a professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety at the College of Food Science of China Agricultural University, issued a warning to the "mobile phone family". She also pointed out that eating and looking at mobile phones may also lead to malnutrition, obesity and other consequences.
"First of all, the first danger is to affect digestion and be prone to stomach diseases; the second is that eating in the restaurant and playing with mobile phones increases the risk of accidental burns." Restaurant food is often piping hot on the table, if you encounter the heating of the dry pot, piping hot casserole and iron plate, the risk of accidents such as burns is very large, but the highest risk of burns, or after looking at the mobile phone after distraction, it is difficult to pay attention to the dish or soup is still hot, there is a risk of scalding lips, mouth. Fan Zhihong said, "Secondly, the teeth are dangerous, do not pay attention to the food is soft and hard, chewing rough, some hard food is easy to hurt the teeth." Bad luck can cause tooth damage and even inflammation of the dental nerves. ”
Compared with tooth damage, the risk of "choking" is also one of the hazards of eating while playing with mobile phones.
"Eating while playing on the phone, food may choke into the trachea, especially for children and the elderly, which is very dangerous." Children whose swallowing function is not well developed, and elderly people with decreased swallowing function may be more dangerous. Fan Zhihong also mentioned, "In addition to the 'risk of choking', the increase in the risk of malnutrition and obesity is more noteworthy." When playing with mobile phones, the energy is not focused on eating, how much to eat is not clear at all, and it is not careful to consider the nutritional balance. How many vegetables were eaten, how many fish and meat were eaten, and whether the proportions were appropriate or not, I don't know. People need to be carefully attentive to the appropriate degree of hunger and fullness to fully perceive, watching TV, computers, electronic readers, books, newspapers and magazines, etc., will affect the ability to perceive fullness. Playing with mobile phones is even more so, because it is small and requires more concentration on staring at the screen. Fan Zhihong mentioned that the media also frequently reported that children were "choked" because they played with mobile phones to eat, and some serious patients also entered the hospital.
"Some people often just mechanically eat the staple food in the bowl, eat less dishes, and are prone to malnutrition over a long period of time; others are mechanically putting food in their mouths, and it is difficult to control the amount of food, which is prone to obesity." Fan Zhihong gave an example.
However, bacterial transmission is also a big problem that cannot be ignored in eating. As we all know, there are many bacteria on mobile phones, and using mobile phones at the dinner table may increase the risk of spreading bacteria.
"There are many kinds of microorganisms on the surface of the mobile phone, when eating, just grabbed the hand of the mobile phone, and immediately went to grab the lotus leaf cake roll roast duck; just put down the mobile phone, and reached for the bun, pancake, leek box, obviously very unhygienic." Many times, the attention is distracted, even if the food is not fresh, the microorganism is seriously exceeded, it is often not eaten, so that the opportunity for prevention is lost. Fan Zhihong said.
The relevant departments remind consumers not to use mobile phones during meal times, develop good dining habits, reduce the health risks caused by bad eating habits, and in the case of conditions, always prepare disinfectant wipes to disinfect mobile phones to prevent the secondary spread of germs.