ReviewJournal of obesity2017
Effect of the Holiday Season on Weight Gain: A Narrative Review.
Review in Journal of obesity, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 44 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Evaluation of the Planet Nutrition Program on Obesity Parameters in Mexican Schoolchildren: Pilot Randomized ControlledTrial
"Efficacy of a School-based Obesity Prevention Program Delivery by Nutrition and Physical Activity Advanced Students or School Teachers on the BMI Z-score and Body Fat at 6 Months of Mexican Children: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial"
Who cites it
44 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions for the prevention of weight gain during festive and holiday periods in children and adults: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on body weight: A combined systematic review and a meta-analysis.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of temporal body weight and dietary intake patterns in adults: implications on future public health nutrition interventions to promote healthy weight.European journal of nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of the effects of pandemic confinements on body weight and their determinants.The British journal of nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Implementation and Evaluation of a mHealth-Based Community Health Worker Feedback Loop for Hispanics with and at Risk for Diabetes.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Trial
- Supporting Weight Management during COVID-19 (SWiM-C): twelve-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial of a web-based, ACT-based, guided self-help intervention.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Trial
- A Christmas themed physical activity intervention to increase participation in physical activity during Advent: pilot randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Trial
- Preliminary Results of the Planet Nutrition Program on Obesity Parameters in Mexican Schoolchildren: Pilot Single-School Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
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- Effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention to prevent weight gain over the Christmas holiday period: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2018Trial
- Novel energy balance tracking to support personalised AI health coaching: a real-world evaluation of the ENHANCE framework.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Observational
- Seasonal BMI Amplitude and Risk of Kidney Function Decline in Japanese Adults With Type 2 Diabetes (JDDM 82).Diabetes care · 2026Article
- Persistence of Body Composition Changes Observed During the Winter Holiday Period: A Three-Time-Point, One-Year Longitudinal Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Observational
- Mixed-effects location scale modeling of stress and contextual factors on overeating: a real-world observational study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Observational
- Feasibility study of an artificial intelligence chatbot-powered cognitive-behavioral lifestyle modification program.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2026Article
- Closing the Hispanic/Latino engagement gap in diabetes prevention: feasibility of a community co-designed, participate-to-lead program.Translational behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- When Routines Break: The Health Implications of Disrupted Daily Life.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2026Review
- Effects of team- and individual-based financial incentives on physical activity: a prospective, nonrandomized intervention using the WeChat platform.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Impact of Winter Holidays on Body Composition Measured via Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis: A Prospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Seasonal body image dissatisfaction: a bi-hemispheric panel analysis of social media users across 4 years.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
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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,
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