More calories from drink than food on holiday

Among 18- to 25-year-olds, alcohol consumption per day amounted to an average of 1,592 calories, the poll by travel company www.sunshine.co.uk found.

This amounted to 11,144 calories for a week-long holiday and exceeded the daily average of 1,310 calories for food, with the weekly food total being 9,170 calories.

Of the 1,736 people aged 18-25 who were questioned, 84 per cent said they had consumed alcohol on their last holiday abroad.

A total of 63 per cent admitted to drinking every day, with 92 per cent saying they felt they ate less on holiday than at home. Around half put their lack of eating down to “the heat”, while 28 per cent cited the expense of food abroad.