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Mexico

Make the midday meal the biggest

Instead of ingesting the bulk of the day's calories in the evening, as most Americans do, Mexicans traditionally eat their biggest meal between 2 and 4 p.m. If you eat less at night, you'll wake up hungrier and eat a bigger breakfast, which facilitates weight control.

As a general fat-fighting rule, try to get the bulk of your daily calories at breakfast and lunch.

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