白領飲食也是亞健康 49秒吃一個漢堡

It used to be the case that you got a whole hour for lunch. But Britons are now under so much pressure at home and at work that they spend just 39 minutes a day eating, a study has found. For many, the lunch hour has given way to a quick sandwich at the desk - which is forced down in an average of just 12 minutes and 49 seconds.

回首過去，我們發現用1個小時來享用午餐、或者晚餐的日子真的一去不復返了，據調查，英國人目前每天平均用餐時間僅爲短短39分鐘，對於很多白領上班族來說，中午一個三明治就能馬上解決問題，平均花費時間爲12分鐘，最短時間竟然可以達到49秒。

Breakfast is an even quicker affair, lasting only seven minutes and 20 seconds. Often, it's just a slice of toast as we dash out of the door. And dinner takes just 19 minutes - making a total of 39 minutes and nine seconds a day for meals. Half of us are so busy that we sometimes skip lunch altogether, with women more likely to do so than ng has become a purely functional routine for three-quarters of adults, who scoff food so quickly they cannot enjoy it or appreciate the taste.

而對於早餐來說，白領可以用更快的速度“履行完整個過程”，一般會選擇一片土司，平均耗時可達7分鐘，最短可以達到20秒。與早餐相比，晚餐的時間可能比較長一些，一般可以達到19分鐘。專家做了一個統計，白領一天在吃飯上所用的時間僅僅爲39分鐘零9秒。而儘管吃飯的時間已經如此短暫，好多人還是會因工作忙碌而採取“飢一頓·飽一頓”的策略，據統計，女性不按時吃飯、逃午餐的機率要比男性大得多。而對於75%的成年人來說，吃飯變成了一個功能性、常規性的任務，沒有人會花精力細細品嚐食物、並感受食物的魅力了。And almost half, 45 per cent, are so distracted by other tasks while eating that they do not notice if they are full, merely eating until they are finished. But it seems the quick meals are forced on us by circumstances rather than choice, the study by President cheese found. Seventy-eight per cent said they wished they had more time to sit down and savour their meals.

據統計，有45%的人，在吃飯的時候還在做別的事情，他們根本對自己是否吃飽、吃好完全沒有任何意識。專家認爲，不健康的飲食方式並非白領自己所選擇的，而是社會壓力造成的。在調查中，有78%的人承認，能好好坐下來，不緊不慢的享受一頓飯是他們的心願之一。

And nine in ten said that on the rare occasions they did get to take their time over a family meal, they enjoyed it and felt better as a result. The television was also found to feature heavily in meal times, with 31 per cent admitting to watching it over breakfast and 53 per cent at dinner. Psychologist Dr Richard Woolfson, from President, said: ‘We now live in a very food-orientated society, where food documentaries, celebrity chefs and cook books have never been more prolific.

‘However, our study shows Britons are not taking the time to properly enjoy their meals.‘It is so important to take the time to taste and appreciate food, as this has an effect on our emotional and physical well-being and can affect our productivity.’

有90%的人覺得能與家人一齊共度晚餐是吃好一餐飯的“最佳佐料”，談到吃飯時候的“佐料”，電視機當然必不可少，然而看電視在吃飯中的作用被人們過分使用了，有31%的人承認他們吃早餐時必須看電視，而吃晚餐的時候數字已經達到了53%。心理學家分析：“我們生活在一個以食爲上的時代中，數不清的食譜與眼花繚亂的大廚們不停地在告訴我們該吃什麼，食物的選擇十分多樣。然而，研究卻顯示，人們卻沒有合理分配自己的用餐時間，人的一生中用來品嚐食物的時間很是寶貴，培養良好的飲食習慣對於我們身心發展來說十分重要。”