Journal article
Effect of the Holiday Season on Weight Gain: A Narrative Review
RG Díaz-Zavala, MF Castro-Cantú, ME Valencia, G Álvarez-Hernández, MM Haby, J Esparza-Romero
Journal of Obesity | HINDAWI LTD | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1155/2017/2085136
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Abstract
Several studies suggest that the holiday season, starting from the last week of November to the first or second week of January, could be critical to gaining weight. This study aims to review the literature to determine the effects of the holidays on body weight. In studies of adults, a significant weight gain was consistently observed during this period (0.4 to 0.9 kg, p0.05) during this period. Among individuals with obesity who attempt to lose weight, an increase in weight was observed (0.3 to 0.9 kg, significant in some but not in all studies), as well as increase in weight in motivated self-monitoring people (0.4 to 0.6%, p<0.001). Programs focused on self-monitoring during the holidays..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by a grant from Programa para el Desarrollo Profesional Docente [Professional Development Programfor Professors] (PRODEP) (PRODEP103.5/13/8926) to RGDZ. The authors thank the authorities of the University of Sonora. Special thanks are due to Dr. Ramon Enrique Robles Zepeda (Director, Division of Biological and Health Sciences) and Dr. Adriana Garibay Escobar (Head, Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences) for their support with studies related to this subject and to Mario Benson, Sue Montes, and Alejandro Zavala for their ideas and work in a recent study by the authors' group about the effect of the holiday season on university students. Special thanks are due to Roc ' io Ayala and Isamar Ayala for technical support in English editing of the first version of the manuscript.