in the United States, most of our annual weight gain occurs during the six-week holiday feasting period between Thanksgiving and the new year, and that this extra weight tends to stick with us after the holidays are over. Thanksgiving dinner is the definition of overeating, and Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve aren’t far behind. Throughout that entire period, well-meaning family and friends inundate us with cookies, pies, and other tempting calorie-rich treats that tend to hang around the kitchen until we eat them.
i should obviously include thos in any essay aout the badnessof socially pressured food and eating.
