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Germans like to eat this meal of the day the most
The most important meal for Germans is not breakfast, but dinner
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Doctors recommend three balanced meals a day, but which one is the most important for people in different countries? The Statista graphic provides information about this.
Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Definitely yes, say 42 percent of the Chinese interviewed for the Food & Nutrition Special of the Statista Global Consumer Survey. In Germany, on the other hand, dinner is just ahead. But basically, as a look at the chart shows, the nation is tripartite when it comes to weekday meals.
Lunch is considered the most important meal of the week only in Italy – otherwise it has a rather difficult status. By the way, it looks a little different in this country at the weekend. Lunch is number 1 on Saturdays and Sundays. But back to the weekdays: In the UK, dinner is clearly ahead at 47 percent. In Sweden and the USA, people also prefer to eat dinner. By the way, it looks a bit different on the weekend.