Turkey, cake and cookies were the top five traditional holiday foods logged on Christmas on MyFitnessPal, the digital food and community-based database owned by Under Armour.
Overall, half a million people in the U.S. logged what they ate over the holiday weekend in MyFitnessPal.
The top five traditional holiday foods logged on Christmas day:
- Turkey – 15.8 percent of users logged Turkey
- Cake – 14.1 percent
- Cookies – 13.8 percent
- Mashed Potatoes – 9.9 percent
- Pie – 9.5 percent
The top foods logged on Christmas Day, compared to Christmas Eve:
- Mashed Potatoes – logged by 196.2 percent more users on Christmas day, compared to the day before
- Ham – 173.8 percent more
- Cherry Pie – 166.5 percent more
- Pecan Pie – 159.6 percent more
- Sweet Potato Pie – 152.5 percent more
- Apple Pie – 135.3 percent more
Three of the top five foods logged were dessert: Cake was logged by 14 percent of MyFitnessPal users, cookies by 13.8 percent, and pies by 9.5 percent. Chocolate chip cookies was the most logged cookie while pumpkin and apple pie were the most-logged pies.
Other foods seeing a sharp increase on Christmas day compared to the rest of the year included eggnog, up 1,836 percent; sweet potato pie, ahead 1,129 percent, and fruitcake, showing a 1,046 percent increase.
What were the trendy foods this Christmas, compared to 2015? Rum came out on top, with 22 percent more users logging the beverage; at the same time, white and red wine saw a dip – 36 percent and 30 percent decrease, respectively. Cocoa and gingersnap cookies were also popular this year, with an increase of 9 percent more users logging these desserts, compared to last year’s Christmas.
