People often say, “kids are resilient.” However, scientists find children gained 23.9% more fat as a result of school closures in 2020. We also discuss a new paper suggesting poor metabolic health may be to blame for emergent viral variants and more. Support your vitamin D and Zinc health with new Gummies by MYOXCIENCE Nutrition: https://bit.ly/vit-d-gummies Save with code: Podcast Get this Shirt! https://bit.ly/3mn2g6g Save with code: Podcast Link to show notes and video: https://bit.ly/2WPFauS Time Stamps: 0:00 Kids body fat surged during the pandemic 2:25 Vitamin D Health Benefits 2:57 Obesity and Recidivism 3:41 Why aren’t parents concerned? 4:00 Kids and Mortality from the virus 4:40 Kids and metabolic health 5:43 Obesity and the virus in adults 6:19 Stay home order caused weight gain 7:45 Why Obesity is a problem 9:10 Obesity environment and virulent virus strains 10:20 Viral load and obesity 12:18 Rates of Obesity in Kids skyrockets during pandemic 18:39 Response to Obesity Crisis is insufficient 20:20 Infection course in kids and co-morbidities 22:12 Diabetes Prevalence in kids is up 95%