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by mumblemumble 2361 days ago
It's apparently been studied:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890601/

In a sentence, "Participants that watched sports every day were at higher risk of obesity [odds ratio = 1.39, 95% CI, 1.15, 1.68) after adjustment for age, sex, smoking, alcohol, physical activity, total TV time, disability, and self-rated health."

Based on what they're controlling for, and assuming that the conclusions hold, my guess would be that watching sports on TV is also associated with increased snacking.