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Top 10 Holiday Diet Tips of All Time


2. Wear Snug Clothes and Keep One Hand Busy

When you wear snug-fitting attire, chances are you'll be too busy holding in your stomach to overeat. While you stand around looking posh in your holiday finery, hold a drink in your dominant hand so it won't be so easy to grab food, recommends obesity expert Cathy Nonas, MS, RD.




Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD, on December 19, 2007.SOURCES: Michelle May, MD, author, Am I Hungry? What to Do When Diets Don't Work. Carolyn O'Neil, MS, RD, author, The Dish on Healthy and Being Fabulous. Cathy Nonas, MS, RD, spokeswoman, American Dietetic Association (ADA); director, diabetes and obesity programs, North General Hospital, New York. Melinda Johnson, MS, RD, spokeswoman, ADA. Katherine Tallmadge, MA, RD, spokeswoman, ADA; author, Diet Simple. Cynthia Sass, MPH, MA, RD, spokeswoman, ADA; co-author, Your Diet Is Driving Me Crazy. David Katz, MD, MPH, associate professor, Yale University School of Public Health; author, The Flavor Point Diet. Brian Wansink, PhD, author, Mindless Eating, professor and director, Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, New York. © 2006 WebMD, Inc. All rights reserved.