Over the next decade the consequences of the COVID lockdowns will become increasingly apparent. This is especially the of the costs to young people who bore little risk from COVID but suffered mightily from the measures taken to protect the old and infirm from the disease.
The CDC is now warning that the lockdowns have created an epidemic of obesity among young Americans. As if this couldn't have been foreseen from closing the gym and schools and most ridiculous of all, restricting people from going outside in the fresh air.
From the Epoch Times:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said children and teenagers in the United States saw their body mass index (BMI) increase at almost double the normal rate during the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that COVID-19 lockdowns and rules may have contributed to the higher-than-usual weight gain.
According to the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, released Thursday, officials noted that individuals aged 2 to 19 saw their BMI “increase approximately doubled during the pandemic compared to a prepandemic period,” adding that “persons with prepandemic overweight or obesity and younger school-aged children experienced the largest increases.”
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