Similarly, he adds, children who eat dinner at the table with their family aren't eating in front of the TV, a bad habit that often leads to less mindful eating and doesn't teach children how to regulate their food intake.

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We eat at the same round wooden table on the porch.

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She was standing at the table to eat her pizza, and had a piece of tomato on her chin.

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After the rush, they do homework, and the family sits down at the table in the corner of the hotel to eat dinner together.

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It serves me at home where we maintain a tradition of gathering each night at the dinner table to eat and talk to each other.

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One night, when Vivian and her parents were seated at the table, about to eat their dinner, her father started crying.

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At a corner table, neighborhood regular Lyon Seve(ph) and friends say they sometimes eat lunch at the Chinese restaurant across the street, but when they want a good French meal, they come here.

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What's more, researchers speculate that families who eat together often are more likely to talk about nutrition at the dinner table than families who select individual meals from the kitchen, then go their separate ways.

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