If you gorge yourself to this extent every week you will put on 7 lbs – half a stone.
But do you know what is it that British people will be eating on the day?
Do Brits prefer their roast potatoes or their gravy? And how many of us eat toast on the 25th?
According to new research, collated and analysed by Wren Kitchens, the average Brit will scoff their way through a whopping 5,905 calories this Christmas Day – that’s nearly three times the RDA for the average female and twice the RDA for the average male.
Most Brits opt for a breakfast of toast or fruit salad, but then crack into the selection box by 10am with a side of crisps, nuts and sweets – and over a third have started on the celebratory tipple before noon.
The tricky quiz reveals some surprising stats. Twenty per cent of people eat chicken, 73 per cent of people eat stuffing, 40 per cent of people eat toast, while 66 per cent eat turkey and 80 per cent eat gravy.
Matt Plowman of Cardiff Sports Nutrition warns us not to make it a habit: “Eating 6000 calories each day would not only cause you to gain a stone every two weeks, but you’d also become incredibly ill.
“You’d risk becoming insulin resistant – this can happen within two days of eating meals with that amount of fat and is a precursor to diabetes.
“The body can also become overloaded with free radicals, causing inflammation within the body and damaging cells.”
The research, which forms part of Wren Kitchens’ Festive Feast campaign, reveals that the average Brit would need to head out on a 21.5 hour-long walk this Boxing Day in order to reverse the damage of Christmas Day’s calorific feast.
Alternatively, you could run on a treadmill for nearly eight hours.
If it really was Christmas every day, the average Brit could be tipping the scales 26st heavier this time next year – it would be like eating 118 chicken nuggets or 26 Krispy Kreme doughnuts every day.
Despite our best intentions it’s easy for healthy eating and exercise to slip down the agenda as Christmas approaches.
Express.co.uk listed someways you can help fight the festive fat.
The average 5,905 festive feast is the equivalent to:
12 McDonald’s Big Macs
22 pork pies
22 Subway 6″ turkey subs
26 Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnuts
32 Dominos cheese & tomato pizza slice
53 bags of Quavers
55 Kitkats (2 fingers)
63 slices of Hovis white bread
118 Burger King chicken nuggets
131 McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes
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