Among the rise in the suffering caused by the continued isolation and stress of lockdowns, Canada can now add another. According to a report on Halifax Today:
“At Eating Disorders Nova Scotia, the organization was running a monthly workshop one year ago. Once the pandemic hit, that workshop increased to every single week… eating disorders are triggered by stress, anxiety, and depression. Moreover, the disruption of routines, social isolation and disconnection from support on top of diet culture are likely all contributing to the rise.”
In a 7 February interview, Shaleen Jones, the executive director of Eating Disorders Nova Scotia, stated, “We know that restriction really increases your risk for developing an eating disorder, and when we’re immersed in a culture that praises restriction and then we throw in a pandemic on top of it, it really does create the perfect storm.”
Ms. Jones revealed that this serious health issue getting worse in every province across the country, noting the number of citizens reaching out for help with eating disorders has doubled since the lockdowns were imposed.
The eating disorders include:
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorders (atypical presentations of the above eating disorders)
- Other eating disorders including pica and rumination disorder
- Compulsive exercising or anorexia athletica
- Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder
TRENDPOST: This news out of Nova Scotia is yet another example of the lockdown restrictions proving to be worse than the coronavirus itself. The rise in eating disorders and other mental health illnesses suffered by Nova Scotians comes even though since last February, in a province of some 940,000, just 65 people have died from the coronavirus or 0.007 percent of the population.
Not mentioned by the Presstitutes, some 80 percent of Canada’s COVID deaths are from nursing homes.
Yet, these facts are ignored by the media, and as with nations, states, and cities around the world, there is very little public dissent. On the contrary, the vast majority of citizens support and obey nonsensical lockdown mandates, rarely question the lack of scientific data to validate draconian orders… and march in line to get vaccinated.
A Global Issue
The rise in eating disorders from isolation and anxiety is a problem in many countries. On 26 August, Scientific American published the article, “COVID-19-Era Isolation Is Making Dangerous Eating Disorders Worse.”
The article noted the huge suffering caused by lockdown anxieties when interviewing a woman in Melbourne, Australia:
“When mandatory COVID-19 lockdowns began in Australia in March, Rosey’s anxiety went into overdrive. ‘I’m single, I live alone, my family lives in another state, and I’m not able to see friends,’ she says, adding that her need for control—something she has now lost in almost every area of her life—has played a major role in the resurgence of symptoms: ‘To have everything I knew and had control over, including how I managed my illness, ripped away has been one of the hardest things.’”
Also revealed in the article:
“More than one-third of the 1,021 participants (511 in the U.S. and 510 in the Netherlands) said their eating disorder had worsened—and they attributed this change to issues such as a lack of structure, a triggering environment, the absence of social support, and an inability to obtain foods that fit their meal plans.”
TREND FORECAST: As we have reported in our economic sections of the Trends Journal, the profits of the processed-food giants are spiking higher, as more people stay at home and eat more of their low-quality foodstuffs.
As we continue to forecast, when the COVID War ends, the “Roaring 2021s” will have people rushing out to let loose and have fun. Thus, there will be major OnTrendprenuer® opportunities to get the unhealthy and overweight back in shape, so they can latch on to higher, uplifting grace and style that will sweep across nations.