Overview
- Cardiologists report a surge in events, citing estimates of 30–40% more heart attacks on Christmas Eve and 15–20% around New Year’s.
- Public health guidance emphasizes the healthy-plate model, small portions, steady hydration, mindful eating and avoiding daylong fasting before festive dinners.
- Food-safety advice includes preventing cross-contamination, keeping perishables refrigerated below 5°C and cooking or reheating to at least 65°C.
- People with diabetes are urged to plan menus, maintain usual meal times, monitor glucose, continue medications and limit alcohol to prevent decompensation.
- Clinicians stress sober driving as alcohol risks rise, and San Salvador de Jujuy enforces its ban on loud pyrotechnics to protect vulnerable groups and animals.