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South Africans have revealed that lockdown regulations impacted their eating and exercise habits for the worse with some gaining more than 10kgs.

Lockdown made us fat and lazy - Pharma Dynamics survey 5 May 2021 1:09 PM Share This: Almost half of the respondents gained weight during the lockdown. Many Wiener interviews Nicole Jennings of Pharma Dynamics. Lockdown made us fat. A new Pharma Dynamics survey shows lockdown has negatively impacted about 45% of respondents’ eating and excising habits. About 44% of respondents picked up between two and five kilogrammes while 15% has gained between six and 10 kilograms. Four percent of tho...

Image: 123RF/Andreypopov Half of South Africans gained weight during the Covid-19 pandemic, with 69% of them now bordering on obese. According to a national survey conducted in the past two months among almost 2,000 South African adults, 43% of respondents attributed their change in eating habits to stress and anxiety over what the future holds, 42% said being confined to their homes led to more snacking and impulsive eating, and 28% simply ate out of boredom. The survey was commission...

Lockdown led to impulsive eating, weight gain and less exercise, SA survey finds A new survey has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has widened many South Africans waistlines. Picture: Pixabay.com CAPE TOWN - A new survey has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has widened many South Africans waistlines. Some 45% of the respondents who participated in the national Pharma Dynamics survey said that lockdown ...

A year into Covid-19 in SA: Lockdown burnout is real so how do we keep functioning? By Jehran Naidoo Share DURBAN - At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the country would be entering a 21-day lockdown from March 27, 2020, we all thought, ’Yay! Were going to work from home!" “Yay! We’re gonna save on fuel!” Almost a year later, as the country observes the first anniversary since the inception of the Covid-19 lockdown, worki...

The growing trend of self-love: What is it and how can you achieve it? Share As a coping mechanism many people learnt self-love which may have helped to ease the 2020 burdens. Many people spent the early part of the pandemic, holed up in their house, with all the family gathered in one place, working from home, baking and eating comfort foods. To get through the prolonged uncertainty of the sort that the world faces now, we need to marshal all of our resilience to face things calmly and deliber...

iAfrica 2 months ago 4 min read Share with your network! Are you feeling exhausted and run down even though the year has just begun? You’re not alone. These could be symptoms of “pandemic fatigue”. Abdurahman Kenny – Mental Health Portfolio Manager at Pharma Dynamics – says among the primary reasons for feeling mentally drained during the pandemic is being in a constant state of hig...

Creso Pharma (ASX:CPH) delivers second shipment of cannaQIX Source: Creso Pharma SubscribeBe the first with the news that moves the market Creso Pharma (CPH) has successfully delivered the second shipment of cannaQIX products to Pharma Dynamics South Africa Pharma Dynamics is a subsidiary of Lupin International which is the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in South Africa This delivery saw Creso Pharma pocket CHF220,000 (around A$320,000) which has already been added to the companys growin...