Fighting Weight Gain During COVID-19 Quarantine

Fighting Weight Gain During COVID-19 Quarantine
Staying home can slow your metabolism, leaving more unburned calories to collect along the waistline. ronstik/Shuhtterstock
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Depending on where you live, it’s been about a month since North America virtually shut down. Outside of “essential” workers, many people have been directed inside and might be starting to notice some weight gain.

Some people I’ve talked to have put on eight pounds. Others have put on half that, while some have stayed steady or lost. The people that have gained the most, however, are shocked by the number.

Mohan Garikiparithi
Mohan Garikiparithi
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Mohan Garikiparithi, MD, practiced clinical medicine for over a decade before shifting his focus to health communications. During his practice he served as the head of the Dept. of Microbiology in India. During a three-year communications program in Germany, Mohan developed an interest in German Medicine (Homoeopathy), and other alternative systems of medicine.
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