The average Spanish person eats more than an American person in one day. Spanish people walk off their lunches, though. The lunch in spanish cultures is the biggest meal of the day. It consists of multiple courses. People take two to three hour breaks to stop and each lunch. The children leave school to go eat lunch with their family and adults shut down stores for a couple hours, too.
It would be cool to go to Spain or Mexico and expierence their lunchtime meals. I would probably gain a lot of weight if I ate that much, though. I think it is nice that the children and adults take time out of their day to go and eat and spend time with their family. They are probably pretty close, since they spend a lot of time with each other. The kids and adults probably like taking a break from the work they are doing to have lunch and catch up with their family. It is a lot different than American culture, but I would definetly want to try it. I hope that they keep this tradition going for many generations, because it makes their countries different and unique.
http://spanishfood.about.com/od/discoverspanishfood/a/spain_meals.htm
