Gun Play In Action Movies May Be Shooting Your Diet In The Foot

New study show that explosions and gun fire on TV make be exploding your waistline and shooting your diet in the foot.

Researchers at Cornell University have recently that TV viewers ate more while watching action flicks than when watching an interview. Their warning to anyone trying to watch their weight to limit or avoid high calorie snacks while watching TV The study went like this, researchers at Cornell University randomly assigned almost 100 undergraduates to watch one of three 20-minute sessions with excerpts from one of the following: 'The Island,' a 2005 sci-fi thriller starring Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor; that same movie but without the sound; or the 'Charlie Rose' show, a public television interview program. The test subject were also provided generous amounts of cookies, M&M candies, carrots and grapes. What they found was viewers ate more M&Ms, cookies, carrots and grapes while watching an excerpt from a Hollywood action film than those watching an interview program. Leading them to the conclusion that the more your attention is taken by the show the more likely you are to over eat due to lack of attention to what you are doing. In example, during the study those watching 'The Island,' ate on average about 7 ounces of various snack foods, and 354 calories. In contrast, those watching the Charlie Rose interview ate about half that much. Even watching the movie without sound, they still ate more - almost 100 calories more - compared with Charlie Rose.

Go ahead see if the trailer makes you hungry:)