National day holiday and Weight Gain in China: evidence from the CHNS surveys

Hengrong Luo and Xiaohua Yu

Applied Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 29, issue 2, 145-149

Abstract: We use the regression discontinuity model and CHNS (China Health and Nutrition Survey) data, to study the body weight-gain effect of the week-long National Day holiday in China. We find that Chinese adults tend to significantly gain 1.56 kg of body weight during the National Day holiday, and males have a larger effect. However, the effect will be smaller and insignificant in 2 weeks. It verifies the Chinese saying: People gain 1.5 kg body weight for a good holiday (mei feng jia jie pang san jin), only in the short-run.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2020.1861184

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