Counting Up Your Meals, The Joys of Toys, Etc. takes

As medical experts wring their hands about the nation’s obesity epidemic, one might suppose the typical American packs away half a dozen meals a day. In fact, the number who fall short of the three-a-day norm is higher than the number who exceed it, according to a poll on Prevention’s Web site. Asked how many meals they eat per day, the proverbial slender majority (51 percent) said it’s three. On the austere end of the spectrum, 23 percent said they eat two meals; 5 percent said they eat one per day.