EFFICIENTLY MANAGING OVEREATING One practical implication of this research is that if you want to control your weight over the long term, focusing on the six-week holiday period will give you the greatest return on your effort. Developing strategies to avoid holiday overeating, such as getting rid of holiday snacks in the kitchen and cooking lighter versions of traditional recipes, might go a long way toward curbing the inexorable upward arc of adiposity that most of us experience over our lifetimes.
