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Obesity increased during the pandemic

Published April 5, 2022 7:11 AM

(KYMA, KECY) - A new study shows obesity rates among u-s adults got worse during the covid pandemic.

According to the Department of Agriculture, the average body mass index in the U.S. increased by 0.6% percent between March of 2020 and March of the next year.

That happened, even as exercise participating rates soared by 4.4% percent, people slept 1.5% more and smoked 4% less.

Researchers didn't look at diets, so people may have eaten less healthy foods.

A rise in the consumption of alcohol may also have contributed.

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April Hettinger

April was born and raised in San Diego where she loved the beach town and her two dogs, Lexi and Malibu. She decided to trade the beach for the snow and advanced her education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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