據臺灣“中廣新聞”報道，冬至應景吃湯圓，熱量不能小看！臺衛生部門解釋，四顆包餡的甜、咸湯圓或30顆無餡小圓仔，熱量等同于一碗白飯，得走路一個半小時才能消耗完，建議吃湯圓同時，正餐搭配減量，也提醒腸胃不佳、有三高、慢性病患者，淺嘗就好，以免影響病情控制。報道稱，冬至來上一碗熱騰騰的湯圓，應景又好吃，更象征一家團員、圓滿，然而湯圓美味，要是吃過量，當心 身材跟著圓！臺灣健康部門比一比市售湯圓熱量，四顆包餡的甜、咸湯圓或是30到35顆直徑一公分的小湯圓，熱量大約280大卡，而湯圓的絞肉餡、傳統紅豆 餡、芝麻餡或煮湯圓的油蔥酥，甜湯圓調味也會額外加入糖分，要是用油炸烹調，搭配煉奶、花生粉食用，熱量又更高。　　健康組組長陳延芳提出冬至湯圓健康煮聰明吃，建議咸湯圓可加入多一些綠葉菜或菇類，然后以柴漁獲蔬菜高湯調味，至于甜湯圓除了煮酒釀、雞蛋外，也能嘗試以桂花、龍眼干、紅棗來提味，小湯圓的裹粉改以腰果、芝麻等健康堅果的磨粉。　　此外，湯圓除了可以搭配青菜瘦肉，變成均衡一餐食用，要是當做點心，建議小碗盛裝，兩顆湯圓或七到八顆小湯圓，按人數煮恰好不過量，同時也要提醒，腸胃道不佳、糖尿病、慢性病的患者，淺嘗就好不過量，以免造成身體負擔。According to Taiwan "in the Canton news" reported, the winter solstice holiday to eat glutinous rice balls, heat can not be underestimated! Explain the Taiwan Department of health, four stuffed sweet, salty dumpling or 30 without stuffing round Aberdeen, heat is equivalent to a bowl of rice, walk one and a half hour to consume, advice to eat dumplings at the same time, dinner with reduction, also reminded the intestines and stomach is not good, there are three, patients with chronic disease, shallow taste good, lest the impact of disease control.Reportedly, the winter solstice to a bowl of hot dumplings, occasional and delicious, but also a symbol of family members, successful, however sweet dumplings delicious, if eating too much, it's followed circle! The Taiwan Department of health than commercially available Tangyuan heat, four stuffed sweet, salty or glutinous rice balls is 30 to 35 of one centimeter in diameter small glutinous rice balls, heat about 280 calories, and ground meat dumplings, red bean paste, sesame paste or traditional cooked glutinous rice dumplings fried shallots, sweet dumplings taste will add additional sugar, if fried cooking, with condensed milk, peanut flour food, calories and higher.Health group leader Chen Yanfang proposed the winter solstice dumplings to eat healthy cooking smart, suggest that salty dumpling can join some leafy green vegetables or mushrooms, and then to the wood catches vegetable broth flavor, sweet dumplings cooked BRANDIED, except for eggs, also can try to sweet-scented osmanthus, dried longan, red dates to the taste, breaded small dumpling modified with cashew nuts health nuts, sesame powder.In addition, glutinous rice balls in addition to mix vegetables and lean meat, a balanced meal, if as snacks, suggest small bowl containing two sweet rice balls, or seven to eight small glutinous rice balls, cook it, according to the number of excess, but also to remind, gastrointestinal bad, diabetes, chronic disease patients, only it is not excessive, so as not to cause the body burden.