Eating patterns change significantly over weekends and holidays, recent research suggests.

The study followed consumers’ eating behaviour over two years and found that both the quantity and quality of foods eaten differs considerably from weekdays to weekends and holidays.

This is largely due to the fact that relaxing at weekends and celebrating holidays such as Christmas tend to focus on family and friends bonding over tables laden with high-calorie foods, suggests study author Jeffrey Inman, a University of Pittsburgh professor.

Understanding eating patterns and knowing that a weekend can be just as dangerous to the diet as a holiday dinner arms consumers, doctors, and nutritionists with more knowledge to fight obesity, says Mr Inman.

Britain has higher obesity rates than any other western European country, with 23 per cent of adults noted as having the condition, according to the government’s Health Profile of England 2008.

Snacking on fruit from the office fruit box is a great way to keep hunger at bay without piling on the calories.

 

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