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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 those who took part in the survey picked up 10 kilogrammes or more. A new survey has revealed that the ...

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 commissioned by Pharma Dynamics, a provider of cardiovascular medicine, to assess the effect of the pandemic a...

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 regulations had negatively impacted their eating and exercise habits. A further 44% revealed that ...

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! We're 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, working from home seems like the most tedious task one could ever undertake. Throughout the working worl...