BEIJING, May 5 -- True to their reputation as leisure-loving gourmets, the French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world's wealthy nations,louboutin, according to a study published yesterday.
The average French person sleeps almost nine hours every night, more than an hour longer than the average Japanese and South Korean,burberry pas cher, who sleep the least in a survey of 18 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Despite their siesta habit,casque dr dre, Spaniards rank only third in the poll after Americans,casque beats, who sleep more than 8.5 hours.
And while more and more French people grab a bite at fast-food chains these days or wolf down a sandwich at their desk, they still spend more than two hours a day eating.
That means their meals are twice as long as those of the average Mexican, who dedicates just over an hour a day to food, the OECD's Society at a Glance report on work, health and leisure in Asia,abercrombie, Europe and North and South America found.
The Japanese,burberry, scrimping on sleep and burdened with long commutes and working hours,abercrombie and fitch, still manage to spend close to two hours a day eating and drinking,louboutin pas cher, placing them third behind New Zealanders.
The Japanese like to spend what remains of their scarce free time watching television or listening to the radio. This takes up 47 percent of leisure time in Japan. Turks, on the other hand,doudouen moncler, spend more than a third of their leisure time entertaining friends.
The survey showed that the split between work and leisure time within certain countries is striking. "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,moncler pas cher," the OECD said in a statement.
The OECD has 30 members. The survey covers only the countries for which appropriate figures were available.
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