The Scope Of Background Section

For the patent filing in US, it is good practice to minimize the amount of information provided in the Background section of a patent application.
The field of invention section is very important as if you leave this field broad , the scope can be interpreted to include more art than is actually applicable, thereby opening the patent application to obviousness rejections. an if u leave that field defined narrowly, then the associated claims may be interpreted too narrowly.
The related art in the background section is also very critical as in case of US describing any related art may get applicant into trouble. While I will sometimes list references, I recognize the risk of describing the contents of a reference in that the description may misrepresent the scope of the reference, potentially leading to accusations of intentionally misleading the examiner. Therefore, I often describe the prior art in general terms, without explicitly delineating related art references. 

It have come to know that in some countries it is necessarily to include prior art references in the Background section in response to an examiner request, and this can still be done in a revised Background section that was originally relatively short.   
I personally think that minimizing the content of the Background section in US patent applications. What are the readers’ experiences and opinions? 
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