Maybe it's why DH is still so slim despite being 43. When he has food infront of him nothing else matters.... well he does stop and deal with the kids if he HAS to... but usually he is 100% focussed on the meal. I never am unless i am alone... i'm anticipating being interrupted and spend most of my time anticipating the needs of others. I also know that it's wrong to eat on the run... you should always sit while eating... but recently i'm noticing how hard it is to actually do this with young kids in the house (before I didn't care because it didn't have weight consequences). It's so often the way that I just get settled and a child needs something meaning i have to stand up and deal while chewing.