{"id":1153,"date":"2018-11-14T12:07:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T12:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2018-11-14T12:07:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T12:07:22","slug":"most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Most people can\u2019t go through dinner without checking their mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_bottom=”20″ css=”.vc_custom_1542191072118{background-color: #ffffff !important;}” z_index=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]New research conducted by YouGov has confirmed the levels of mobile phone addiction. 55% of British consumers can\u2019t get through a meal without checking their mobile phone![\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent”][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]YouGov surveyed 2000 people asking when they used their mobile phone.<\/a><\/p>\n

Aiming to tackle electronic device addiction national campaigns have been launched, one is Scroll Free September. This has been launched to help consumers reduce their digital connectivity while raising awareness of the UK\u2019s population overuse of electronic devices.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1169″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Tech giants like Apple and Google have launched apps and in-phone software which allows users to understand their level of connectivity. The first step for slowing down our usage is understanding how much time we spend on mobile devices.<\/p>\n

Apple have a feature which has been specifically designed to let parents limit the amount of connection time for their children. 5Rights,\u00a0 the children\u2019s charity started by Baroness Kidron stated;[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent”]

<\/i>
\u201csocial media was so addictive for children that the Government should classify it as \u201csocial harm\u201d and make it carry health warnings.\u201d<\/h5><\/blockquote>[vc_separator type=”transparent”][vc_column_text]This new research was conducted to highlight YouGov\u2019s partnership with the Future Starts Here exhibition. The exhibition is examining the UK\u2019s ever-growing addiction to being connected with the web.<\/p>\n

Scientists have already confirmed that checking your phone before bed can affect sleep patterns. This happens due to the Blue light effect tricking your mind into thinking it\u2019s actually daytime.<\/p>\n

Do you struggle with device addiction?<\/p>\n

Try these tips to reduce your connectivity;[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Take a digital detox<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent”][vc_column_text]Set a specific time aside when you focus on avoiding social media and digital connectivity. The constant stream of emails and notifications can have a great impact on your mind.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Lock away your phone<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent”][vc_column_text]It may sound simple, but this could be hard to do for some consumers. Try buying a mobile phone lock box. You can purchase these from sites like www.distractagone.com<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

No tech in the bedroom<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent”][vc_column_text]Removing all technology from your bedroom has been proven to help your wellbeing. It stops you being affected from Blue light before sleep.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New research conducted by YouGov has confirmed the levels of mobile phone addiction. 55% of British consumers can\u2019t get through a meal without checking their mobile phone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,17,3,98,10,94,11,67,13,8,7],"tags":[161,162,160],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","category-apple","category-apps","category-ee","category-huawei","category-ios","category-lg-mobile","category-motorola","category-nokia","category-samsung-galaxy","category-sony-xperia","tag-dinner","tag-dinner-time","tag-mobile-phone"],"yoast_head":"\nMost people can\u2019t go through dinner without checking their mobile - Metrofone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Most people can\u2019t go through dinner without checking their mobile - Metrofone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New research conducted by YouGov has confirmed the levels of mobile phone addiction. 55% of British consumers can\u2019t get through a meal without checking their mobile phone!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metrofone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-14T12:07:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.metrofone.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/checking-your-mobile-phnone-during-dinner.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Coco Mackenzie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Coco Mackenzie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Most people can\u2019t go through dinner without checking their mobile - Metrofone","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Most people can\u2019t go through dinner without checking their mobile - Metrofone","og_description":"New research conducted by YouGov has confirmed the levels of mobile phone addiction. 55% of British consumers can\u2019t get through a meal without checking their mobile phone!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/","og_site_name":"Metrofone","article_published_time":"2018-11-14T12:07:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/blog.metrofone.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/checking-your-mobile-phnone-during-dinner.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Coco Mackenzie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Coco Mackenzie","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/"},"author":{"name":"Coco Mackenzie","@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2c755a49bad0d6fc11132d7f12255c7b"},"headline":"Most people can\u2019t go through dinner without checking their mobile","datePublished":"2018-11-14T12:07:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/"},"wordCount":582,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.metrofone.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/checking-your-mobile-phnone-during-dinner.jpg","keywords":["dinner","dinner time","mobile phone"],"articleSection":["Android","Apple","Apps","EE","Huawei","iOS","LG Mobile","Motorola","Nokia","Samsung Galaxy","Sony"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/","url":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/","name":"Most people can\u2019t go through dinner without checking their mobile - Metrofone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.metrofone.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/checking-your-mobile-phnone-during-dinner.jpg","datePublished":"2018-11-14T12:07:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2c755a49bad0d6fc11132d7f12255c7b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.metrofone.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/checking-your-mobile-phnone-during-dinner.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.metrofone.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/checking-your-mobile-phnone-during-dinner.jpg","width":1280,"height":600,"caption":"cant go with out checking-your mobile phone during dinner"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/most-people-cant-go-through-dinner-without-checking-their-mobile\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Most people can\u2019t go through dinner without checking their mobile"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Metrofone","description":"All the latest on mobile phones","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2c755a49bad0d6fc11132d7f12255c7b","name":"Coco Mackenzie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49ed4b5a534d811cecc6c7e4f04c7344de9735f08c4e9f96a494dfe9419f0361?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49ed4b5a534d811cecc6c7e4f04c7344de9735f08c4e9f96a494dfe9419f0361?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49ed4b5a534d811cecc6c7e4f04c7344de9735f08c4e9f96a494dfe9419f0361?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Coco Mackenzie"},"url":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/author\/coco\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1180,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions\/1180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrofone.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}