Be mindful: Eating too fast can lead to weight gain

DO you gobble on the go, eat standing up, hoover up a sandwich at lunchtime, all while checking your emails? Yes, yes and yes? The irony of the obesity epidemic is that we might be eating more, but we are taking less time to do so.

The latest results from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Americans spend just over an hour eating a day – that includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and all those sneaky snacks.

Here, there are no neat statistics so why not time yourself? It could be your own personal experiment in mindful eating.