Trend towards open plan kitchen correlates to population weight gain?

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On the face of it, it does. Obviously, there are exceptions, but I'm talking countrywide.....

Depends - what colour is your kitchen?

I think there are a huge number of factors - snack and treat culture, cheap sugary food, expansion of coffee shops selling giant cakes and buckets of milk, decline of cooking in schools etc. however, I do think the "statement kitchen" which let's light flood in and is wonderful for entertaining mirrors the decline in actual cooking. According to the people trying to sell me a kitchen at the moment, many potential buyers want a kitchen to make a statement and be somewhere to live rather then be a place to cook. Which is odd IMO.

Isnt it to much food that makes people over weight therewas fat people long before kitchen diners,

An open plan kitchen would lead to bulimia in this house I think. The rank things DH and DS bring in from fishing cooking yes DH I mean the mackerel incident numerous headless birds being plucked etc no thanks.

Woman I know has a beautiful kitchen range cooker she never cooks in it and uses her microwave or eats out so it doesnt get dirty

Fab range cooker I meant

I think there might be something to this theory, tbh. But I'm sure it's not the only factor, or even the biggest. Just one of several.

Correlation not causation IMO. More people are having open plan because houses are getting smaller and we have a huge strain in our housing supply. Open plan makes a tiny house seem less so, for a time.

My slimmest period has also been the time when I've had open plan for the first time and been at home the most although weight loss was mainly to do with bfeeding very hungry baby. During my biggest period I had no kitchen (first year of student living). I just ate kebabs. hmm that could explain it.

And I think it's more about being open plan to the living room, rather than kitchen diners. So that all your relaxing/leisure time is spent in the same room as the fridge and food cupboards.

On a less flippant note I think cooking and having a kitchen makes you prepare food lovingly and eat it in moderation. I think having not kitchen or not a great kitchen can lead to snacking and eating crap when out and about.

On a more flippant note where the hell is dh with my takeaway? I'm hungry...

My granny had her bed in her kitchen. She was as round as the moon

interesting thread. my kitchen is open plan but further away than original. I don't sit there at night and effort to go out there..

people are busier and maybe driving rather than walking.

Doesn't make any difference to me. Why would.you eat if not hungry? And why wouldn't you eat if hungry?

We have an open plan kitchen/diner/conservatory, but other rooms if people want space

I would hate an open plan kitchen. Who wants cooking smells in front of the TV??
The BOGOF offers have a lot to do with the obesity crisis IMO. Usually on crisps, chocolate fingers and the like.

Isn't the current trend in posh flats to have virtually no kitchen, because you're either ordering in or eating out? And that can't be good for chub levels.