Research paper
Yanovski JA, Yanovski SZ, Sovik KN, Nguyen TT, O’Neil PM, Sebring NG. A prospective study of holiday weight gain. New England Journal of Medicine. 2000 Mar 23;342(12):861-7. doi:10.1056/NEJM200003233421206
Why we cite it
The paper testing the claim, ”commonly asserted” in its words, that the average American gains five pounds over the holidays. By prospectively weighing 195 adults across the holiday season and following up at one year, it showed the actual average gain was only 0.37 kg — a fraction of the popular figure. The gain was ”not reversed during spring or summer months” among the 165 who returned for follow-up, so that ”the net 0.48 kg fall/winter weight gain appears likely to contribute to the increase in body weight that frequently occurs during adulthood”.
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200003233421206 · PubMed 10727591 · Publisher
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