The trend in weight gain coincides with CSIRO’s recent survey findings that almost 40 per cent of people had put on weight and about one-third of respondents indicating that they had poorer diet during COVID-19.
Corish saw worsened health outcomes in his rest home clients who have lost their usual social interaction and connection with the outside world.
The physical response to that mental health was just so obvious it was really sad. A number of my clients, their physical condition dropped, their mental health dropped, their memory dropped, a lot of the indicators were significantly worse.
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