Healthy Weight Control

Holiday Weight Gain Stays Year-Round
Many people neglect good nutrition and exercise during the holiday season. At these times—just as when we move, get married, have children, or experience any other major life changes—we become more vulnerable to gaining weight. With half of the U.S. population overweight, it appears that periodic weight gain is often never completely lost.

Exploring this notion, researchers at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., followed 200 adults over the holiday season. The average person gained only about one pound. However, the added weight was not lost from one year to the next and was by far the greatest contributor to weight gain during the year.

Yanovski J, Yanovaki S, Sovik K, et al. A prospective study of holiday weight gain. N Engl J Med. 2000;342:861-7.

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