Food for thought
One fifth of Brits regularly eat their dinner in front of a computer, according to a new survey.
A poll of 2,000 people in Britain in February by TV on-demand service SeeSaw.com, discovered that 60 percent of people have eaten their dinner in front of a computer before, leading it to coin the phrase ‘PC dinner'.
Its research found that the PC dinner has replaced the more conventional TV dinner in many homes, with 1 in 5 Brits more likely to nibble some nosh in the evening in front of a computer than their TV.
Almost 15 percent of all Brits chose to watch TV on the web as they ate, while 16 present said they caught up on social media sites. In fact, the top PC dinner programmes were found to be: Come Dine with me, Eastenders and Top Gear.
The survey also took an interest in people's lunch time habits and found 6 out of 10 Brits confessed to a ‘laptop lunch', while a quarter said they ate their launch in front of a computer on a ‘regular basis'.
SeeSaw's survey revealed that the PC has replaced the TV as the main source of evening entertainment for almost a quarter of Brits.
Looking at where people surf the net, the research disturbingly found that almost a third of respondents confessed to using the net while on the toilet, while two thirds regularly surf the web in bed and 15 percent somehow use it when in the bath.
The average time spent online in the evening for adults across the UK was just under 2 hours, according to the survey.
"This incredible research shows how millions of British people cannot tear themselves away from the internet, even for dinner. The growth of the PC Dinner is a remarkable new trend and for many across the nation, has now replaced the traditional TV dinner," said John Keeling, platform controller for SeeSaw.
