[Graphic News] Koreans consume most calories on Saturdays

South Koreans consume the most calories on Saturdays, mostly by eating more instant noodles and fried chicken, a government study showed Monday.

The study, which surveyed 2,308 Koreans from 2009 to 2013 on their calorie consumption, discovered that Korean men and women both consumed higher calories on weekends than weekdays.

A Korean man on average consumed 2,587.1 kcal on Saturdays, which was higher than the weekly average of 2,418.1 kcal. A Korean woman, on the other hand, consumed 1,792.2 kcal on Saturdays, higher than the weekly average of 1,693.6 kcal.

The study showed that 8.4 percent of surveyed men and 6.4 percent of women ate fried chicken on Saturdays, while 18.8 percent of the men and 14.6 percent of the women consumed carbonated drinks on Saturdays.

Notably, both Korean men and women’s consumption of instant noodles on weekends was 1.3 times higher than on weekdays, while their consumption of fried chicken on weekends was 1.5 times higher than their consumption on weekdays.

The study also showed that 18.7 percent of men consumed instant noodles on Sundays, while 40 percent of them consumed alcoholic beverages on Saturdays.