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When Covid-19 affected the ground in the United States in March, the health authorities determined that the best way to slow the spread of the virus was going to Lockdown. Although this tactic worked largely to combat the coronavirus pandemic for at least one handful of weeks, it also negativelycontributed to another epidemic: obesity. Unfortunately,Mitigate the effects of the coronavirus epidemic by isolation and sliplard orders added to gasoline obesity epidemic, According to a new report of a team of Danish researchers at the University of Copenhagen. They published a letter in the newspaperNature Reviews Endocrinology Notify the population about the negative effects of quarantine on obesity.

"Strategies implemented to oppose societal CVIV-19 could have long term,Negative effects on the obesity epidemic, »Scientists note. They explain that quarantine "could trigger a series of psychobiological mechanisms that accelerate the appearance of obesity and increase the risk of developing comorbidities of obesity."

The obesity epidemic in America has increased over the past two decades. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 1999-2000, 30.5 percent ofAmericans were considered obese (Ie, they had a Body mass index IMC-de-more than 30). In 2017-2018, this statistic increased to 42.4 percent. Researchers who have written about quarantine will make this percentage shoot even more because of the economic chaos of the pandemic has brought, as well as the problems of isolation and mental health that come with quarantine.

Of course, many people have lost their source of income during the COVID-19 epidemic, and a 2011 Jackson State University study found a strongAssociation between obesity and low-income communities. The study showed that people below the poverty line, people receiving food and people receiving unemployment consumed more poor food due to economic factors, which in turn have increased their IMC. According to Danish researchers, "an abundance of highly transformed, pleasant to taste rich in energy, cheap and easily available food promotes caloric intake beyond energy needs, and these foods are often preferably chosen by people with Low socio-economic status that have limited income and resources. "

Another factor that could lead Covid-19 forties to contribute to an increased risk of obesity isdecline in mental health. The isolation and anxiety constant surrounding the pandemic has led to an increase in mental health problems for a large part of the population. According to the CDC, 40.9 percent of participants from a June survey reported at least oneMENTAL OR ADVERSEABLE A BEAUTICAL STATE because of the pandemic.

Danish researchers warn that loneliness and isolation can change negatively the way people interact with food and driving some to eat too much.

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In addition, the researchers said, "home confinement during the Covid-19 pandemic provides a modified food Cue exhibition, which could call into question the cognitive restraint and improve the impulsive eating behavior of the individual. So, not only could some people be inclined to engage in emotional eating all isolated, but the removal of social food practicescan reduce conscious diet and a negative influence on the food choices of people, according to researchers.

All these elements are also aggravated by less active lifestyles because ofClosing fitness centers, Organized sports being paused, and eliminating work trips. As a result, researchers invite managers to implement interventions likely to combat the risks of obesity that comes with locked. They suggest "socio-economic safety nets and community support networks" to help ensure obesity does not climb in the quest to control COVID-19. And if you want to avoid another lockdown, seeDr. Fauci says you have to "be on board" with this to avoid Lockdown .