US EditionObesity in Canada Jumped Almost 8% After Onset of Pandemic: CMAJ Study
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Canada is gaining weight not because of excessive choice, but because of a lack of healthy and affordable options – a vacuum that the pharmaceutical industry now seems to fill.
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Toronto SunCHARLEBOIS: Canada got fatter since the pandemic. Pharma noticed.
A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) confirms what many suspected: obesity rates in Canada have surged since the onset of the pandemic. Prior to 2020, the trend was gradual. But since April of that year, the pace has quickened — and now, one in three Canadian adults lives with obesity.
Obesity is a worldwide growing problem. A research team investigates how it comes to this in concrete terms and receives a clear result.
A new study tells us that obesity is on the rise in the Canadian population. But beyond weight, does our way of life make us sick? The analysis of Dr. Jean-Pierre Després, a researcher at the Institut universitaire de cardiology et de pneumonologie de Québec.
The pandemic has not only changed the social and economic habits of Canadians, it has also led to an increase in obesity.
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