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Collected Item: “1/3 of UK report enjoying lockdown, 40% report weight gain”

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1/3 of UK report enjoying lockdown, 40% report weight gain

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Screenshot of tweet

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UK social study reports that around one third of people in the country have reported enjoying lockdown. The same study reports that around 40% of adults have reported gaining weight over lockdown. These are some notable social side effects of lockdown.

I found this report both amusing and informative, and a good item to include in the archive. With most peoples lives getting more sedentary during lockdown, weight gain is not surprising to see. Adding into this would be general increases in stress also contributing. What i found most interesting is the 1/3 of people enjoying lockdown. Seeing that made me wonder what behaviors and patterns will persist even past covid, such as things like working from home.

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#hst, #485, #UK, #lockdown, #survey

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https://twitter.com/frontalpoles/status/1280056769054638080?s=20

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@frontalpoles

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2020-07-05
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