Effect of the Holiday Season in Patients With Diabetes: Glycemia and Lipids Increase Postholiday, but the Effect Is Small and Transient.

The article discusses a study which examined the impact of the holiday season on glycemia and lipid profile in 3,212 adults with diabetes recruited to the Diabetes Alliance for Research in England (DARE) study. Results of the most recent test results in the 31 days after Christmas in 2012 were compared with the mean of the participants' results in the preceding and following six months utilizing paired t tests. A small and transient effect of the holiday season was found.