French Lead Globe in Sleeping, Eating

We know French people don’t get fat, but a new study reveals why: The French spend more time eating and sleeping than anyone else among the world’s wealthiest cultures. The average French person spends two hours a day eating, and almost nine hours every night sleeping. Americans are surprisingly high on the sleep list, coming in at number three with an average of eight and a half hours a night. And in some countries, leisure time is split along gender lines. According to the study, “Italian men have nearly 80 minutes a day of leisure more than women. Much of the additional work of Italian women is apparently spent cleaning the house.”