opinion | uma naidoo
Coronavirus comfort food isn’t much comfort
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Processed foods are making a pandemic comeback. This, while nearly a third of Americans are feeling severe anxiety and more than half feel like their mental health is declining.
It’s understandable that we would feel that way. And due to job loss, food insecurity is on the rise — which means families feel they have no choice but to turn to cheaper shelf-stable processed foods, which tend to be less healthy. They can lead to obesity, diabetes, and hypertension, all of which are significant comorbidities for COVID-19.
So here we are, killing ourselves while we try to avoid dying.
Read the full op-ed.
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