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Carmen Piernas and Jordi Merino argue that suboptimal diet and poor metabolic health aggravated the covid-19 pandemic and require greater attention to increase population resilience and reduce health inequalities
The covid-19 pandemic emerged at a time when many countries were already grappling with unprecedented levels of obesity and cardiometabolic disease.1 Underlying poor metabolic health, unhealthy diets, and increased health inequalities compounded the pandemic’s economic, public health, and social burdens.
The initial policy responses reasonably aimed at containing the spread of the virus through restricting movement (lockdowns). However, in the context of suboptimal diets and poor metabolic health, these measures unintentionally imposed additional challenges on people’s lifestyles, with observed trends towards overeating, unhealthy snacking, and increased alcohol consumption across many countries.2 In addition, the pandemic restrictions amplified food insecuri ....