# Time spent eating and drinking, hours per day in United States

Time spent eating and drinking, hours per day in United States was 1.21 hours per day in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `time_use_eating_drinking_hours_per_day`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: hours per day
- Definition: Average hours per day that people aged 15 and over in the United States spent eating and drinking as their main activity, from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series TUU10101AA01013237, activity code 600022). The average covers every day of the week and everyone in the population, including people who did not do the activity that day. Eating and drinking at home, at a place of purchase or elsewhere, including related travel. Eating as part of work or volunteering is excluded.
- Note: Only primary activities count: something done at the same time as another activity, such as watching TV while eating, is counted once, under the main activity. The population is people aged 15 and over living in households (the civilian noninstitutional population). United States only.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey: average hours per day eating and drinking, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01013237, activity 600022) (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day eating and drinking, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01013237, activity 600022). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-eating/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=time_use_eating_drinking_hours_per_day&place=us

| Period | hours per day |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1.21 |
| 2024 | 1.24 |
| 2023 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 1.23 |
| 2021 | 1.19 |
| 2019 | 1.18 |
| 2018 | 1.19 |
| 2017 | 1.18 |
| 2016 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 1.17 |
| 2013 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 1.25 |
| 2011 | 1.24 |
| 2010 | 1.25 |
| 2009 | 1.22 |
| 2008 | 1.23 |
| 2007 | 1.24 |
| 2006 | 1.23 |
| 2005 | 1.24 |
| 2004 | 1.24 |
| 2003 | 1.21 |