It’s safe to say that most of us didn’t expect the pandemic to last this long.

The pandemic has had some long-reaching effects, though.

There are, of course, the many people who have died from the virus.

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The pandemic has brought grief into many of our lives, and processing that will take some time.

We haven’t been chowing down on more carrots to balance out those sweets, either.

“Emotional eating is happening because there’s an emotional need that isn’t being fulfilled.”

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