Introduction
Eating while standing up is a growing trend, and it’s easy to see why. If you’re in a hurry or just want to eat while cooking at the same time, having your food on a countertop makes sense. Studies have found that people who eat standing up tend to consume more calories than those sitting down—possibly. Because they’re distracted by other activities (like working or watching TV). Or because they’re not really tasting their food as well when they move around so much during meals.
Whether eating standing up is good for your health. Depends on how often you do it and how many calories you consume there. Here are some things experts say about this practice:
What the research on people who eating standing up says?
Standing up while eating is bad for your health, bad for your weight, and bad for the way you digest food.
- Standing up while eating can cause you to overeat or eat faster than normal. This can lead to increased weight gain and an increased risk of developing diabetes or other conditions related to obesity.
- Standing up while eating also increases acid reflux problems, as it makes it easier for stomach acids to travel back into the esophagus through gravity’s pull on the stomach contents.
- When standing up while eating in front of a TV set or computer screen, which does not require much attention from us beyond simple visual stimulation, we tend to eat more than when sitting down at a table with friends over dinner (or even alone).
Experimental studies of eating standing up
It has been proven in experimental studies that standing up during mealtime leads to faster eating and weight gain than sitting down. A study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that people who eat standing up eat more food, compared to those who sit down. This is because when we’re standing, our brains don’t register the feeling of fullness as readily as if we were sitting down with a full stomach, so we tend to keep on eating until a certain point—usually when our bellies feel uncomfortably full!
The same researchers also found that people tend not only to eat faster when they’re standing, but they also tend to eat more overall. An article featured on WebMD explains why this might be: “This could be because there’s no pause between bites while eating while walking; it may also be because while walking at the normal speed humans are less likely than if sitting still or reclining (like watching TV) to notice hunger or boredom signals.”
Types of studies research
- Day-to-day observation studies
- Longitudinal studies
- Real-life, observational studies of eating behavior
- One of the most interesting things we can do to better understand how food affects our health is to observe how people actually eat. This means studying how people live, not just what they say or think about their habits.
The main advantage of these types of research designs is that they allow us to quickly gather large amounts of data by observing what happens in real-life situations rather than relying on self-reported information. For example, instead of asking people about their diet and exercise habits, researchers may observe them as they go about their daily lives and record everything that was eaten for each meal over time – this way we get a much more accurate picture than if we had only asked them about these behaviors beforehand.
What experts say
- Eating standing up may lead to faster eating and weight gain. When you’re standing, you don’t have as much time to think about what you’re eating or how full you’re getting. This can lead to overeating and weight gain.
- Standing while eating may encourage snacking behavior. If there are no chairs available in an area where people are socializing, they may feel obligated to eat while standing up so they don’t appear rude or antisocial (after all, we’ve all seen the movie The Great Muppet Caper). Snacking while standing makes it easy for people to consume more than one snack at a time—which is not good news if your goal is weight loss or maintaining a healthy diet!
- Eating while standing increases calorie intake by 20%. In one study of 2,000 adults aged 22-39 years old who were being treated for obesity at various clinics around Los Angeles County between 1965 and 2010 (as cited in Journal of Obesity), researchers found that when participants ate from plates on tables rather than on their laps at tables without chairs nearby, they consumed 20% fewer calories per meal.
Eating standing up may lead to faster eating and weight gain.
It’s true that eating standing up may lead to faster eating. If you’re more likely to eat more quickly while standing, this could cause an increase in calories consumed and food consumed.
But what is it about standing that makes us eat faster? Studies suggest that the physical act of standing activates our nervous systems differently than sitting, causing us to feel more stimulated and alert. This heightened level of energy can be distracting when we’re trying to concentrate on chewing our food slowly, so we often start inhaling our meals without even realizing it. And if we aren’t paying attention, then chances are pretty good that we’ll consume more calories than we need before feeling full!
Conclusion
Eating while standing up is a bad habit, and one that you should avoid if possible. It has been linked to obesity and an increase in eating speed. You may also find yourself feeling hungrier after having eaten standing up than when sitting down, which means you could end up overeating as well! So keep these facts in mind before deciding whether or not it’s worth spending time away from your desk for the lunch break.”