5 tips on how to maintain health and wellness during the holiday season

As the holidays arrive and people attend gatherings with family and loved ones, many will stray from their daily routines but maintaining your health is possible.

As the holidays arrive and people attend gatherings with family and loved ones, many will stray from their daily routines but maintaining your health is possible.

"It is hard to stick with routines when on holiday because we are no longer in our day to day pattern," Dr. Amanda Velazquez, director of obesity medicine at Cedars-Sinai Center for Weight Management and Metabolic Health, told ABC News.

She added, "A lot of gatherings are centralized around eating. This is part of our culture as human beings."

Here are five expert tips on how to maintain health and wellness during the holiday season.

Many will forgo meals when expecting to consume large amounts of food in one sitting.