Learn to eat at holiday parties

• May 4, 2024

Family reunions, toasts, the New Year's dinner and even tamales de la Candelaria, are celebrations in which it is common to eat and drink excessively, and for which you get to increase between five and up to eight kilos on average, which It leads to various health problems in the short and medium terms, such as obesity or the overweight .

In accordance with Juan Rivera Dommarco , Deputy Director of the Nutrition and Health Research Center of the National Institute of Public Health (INSP), the important thing is that excessive food intake is only carried out at this time, and that people are aware that at the end of the celebrations they should lose weight.

The main problem is that the traditional dishes of the time are characterized by their abundance and high content of fats and sugars, which generates an increase in calories ingested

Rivera Dommarco stresses that Mexicans are aware that overweight and obesity damage, but little do they know that it is a result of the imbalance between what is eaten and what is eaten. physical activity that is done and it is also difficult to know if they are ingesting the amount of calories adequate.

To learn to eat during these holidays, the specialist recommends:

1. Replace soft drinks, juices and drinks sweetened with plain water
2. Eat fruit instead of drinking it
3. Avoid foods with excess calories
4. Increase low density products such as fruits, vegetables, soups, whole wheat bread and tortillas
5. Moderate in portion sizes and avoid repeating

In addition, the specialist advises performing physical activity family as a simple measure that helps reduce the possibility of suffering overweight .

Rivera Dommarco acknowledged that sometimes it is difficult to change the Feeding Habits , but one suggestion is to gradually reduce the amount of fat, sugar or salt in the food that is prepared or ingested. And you, do you moderate in the consumption of food during the holiday season?

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