The holiday season centers on festivities that include decadent food and drink. Participating in family meals and potluck parties is what the season is all about, and some indulgence is part of the fun. But are there places we can cut back a bit? A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found that Americans gain an average of 1.3 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's. This doesn’t seem like much, but the study also found that people tend to lose only half the weight they gained after the holidays.

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