If you feel as though you can’t fit your pants in the same way you did before the pandemic began last March, you are not alone. While it might be quite satisfying to indulge in an Oreo cookie here and there as there is a new study that says Americans have gained an average of two pounds per month during the year-long pandemic. Here’s what you need to know.
According to reports, about 61 percent of Americans said they gained weight during the lockdown. With the closing of gyms, the complete disruption of our daily lives, and the increase of daily stress, many people have gained weight since the beginning of the pandemic.
Study Says Americans Have Gained Two Pounds Per Month During The Lockdown
A study from the American Psychological Association says more than 3,000 people reveals that 61 percent of U.S. adults report undesired weight changes since the COVID-19 outbreak.
Researchers tracked approximately 270 adults from February to June 2020. If all of the above was not depressing enough, the pandemic caused more women (45%) to pack on extra pounds, compared to men (39%), and millennials gained an average weight of 41 pounds, while Gen Z gained an average of 28 pounds.
“As an obesity medicine specialist… I find it to be alarming, for sure,” Fitch said. “But you can see where it could be the case. I mean, it’s been a very challenging year, on multiple levels,” Dr. Angela Fitch, vice president of the Obesity Medicine Association told CBS News.
Moms and dads gained an average of 36 pounds, and essential workers gained an average of 38 pounds.
“We have seen a lot of patients of ours that are nurses that express that quite a bit, that they’ve had weight gain, because of the stress and because it’s hard to eat now in the hospital — taking off your mask to drink, to eat, is a challenging situation, so it does make for eating potentially not as healthfully or skipping meals and then eating more in one sitting,” said Finch, who is also associate director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center.
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