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Podcast: Iowa Manufacturing Podcast
Episode: Iowa's Quest for Health is Harder than Once Thought
Description: The pandemic had many lingering side effects. One of those is loneliness. A little-known fact is that loneliness has such far-reaching consequences that the health impact is comparable to smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, according to one study published in the journal PLOS Medicine. Loneliness, coupled with increasing obesity and its detrimental effects on health are making it hard to make solid improvements in Iowa's overall health. With 37% of our population characterized as obese, employers, especially manufacturers who require more arduous physical demands must step alongside their employees to solve the problem. Full show d...