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Living alone can kill healthy diets

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Sydney: Loneliness can take a toll on your physical health as researchers have found that people who live alone tend to survive on unhealthy diets.

The researchers also found that men living alone are more likely to have a poor diet than women.

Inadequate cooking skills, no partner to go shopping with, increasing cost of food and lack of motivation to cook are among the major reasons for poor diet in people living alone, the findings showed.

“Our results found, people who live alone have a lower diversity of food intake and consumption of core food groups like fruits, vegetables and fish,” said one of the researchers Katherine Hanna from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.

“The research suggests living alone may represent a barrier to healthy eating that is related to the cultural and social roles of food and cooking. For example, a lack of motivation and enjoyment in cooking and/or eating alone often led to people preparing simple or ready-made meals lacking key nutrients,” Hanna explained.

The researchers analysed 41 studies to investigate the link between living alone and food and nutrient intake.

Hanna said people living alone were diverse in range of age, gender, education and socio-economic status.

“A person who is bereaved or divorced, may have previously relied on their partner for food and lack of sufficient cooking skills to make healthy meals,” she said.

“Economic factors also explain lower consumption of food like fruits, vegetables and fish, as they require more frequent purchase and consumption,” Hanna said.

“The psychological impacts of living alone can also influence diet,” she pointed out.

The study was published in the journal Nutrition Reviews.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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