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From today's Lean Plate Club, an often-repeated holiday health tip:

Snack before parties. A little food in your stomach -- say a glass of skim milk and a banana, or a cup of vegetable soup -- before the festivities you can help "delay the impulse to run to the food at parties," said Leslie Bonci, director of sports nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh.

From e-mail from a friend this afternoon:

Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?