Public health recommendations have always been a hard sell. Resistance to new behaviors – like the mask-wearing and social distancing advised during the COVID-19 pandemic – is part of human nature.
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While COVID-19 raises the risk for people with underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and COPD, social distancing can make it harder to keep up diets and medication.
An individual's weight is a complex and sensitive issue, which may be related to many factors that are not only medical but social, environmental and emotional.
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Associate Professor & Joint Head of Discipline Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, University of Sydney
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Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh
