DIABETES summer holiday SURVIVAL GUIDE

One last snag on the barbie? Can’t get your eyes off the pudding? Christmas weight gain is no myth, with the average person gaining 0.48kg at Christmas, according to The New England Journal of Medicine.

While this isn’t significant in the short term, the bad news is that this weight isn’t lost in the following 11 months – and Christmas remains a significant contributor to later-life obesity, the authors concluded. “Christmas is a danger period for weight gain as most of our festive activities revolve around food, parties, celebratory drinks and edible presents,” agrees Dr John Jorgensen, the Director of Bariatric Surgical services at