Researchers discover pandemic's impact on mental health, chronic health conditions beyond virus

BATON ROUGE - Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center conducted a first-of-its-kind global survey that shows the initial phase of COVID-19 dramatically altered personal habits, largely for the worse.Specifically in the beginning stages of the lockdown, stay-at-home orders did result in one major health positive, according to the Director of Scientific Education at Pennington Biomedical, Leanne Redman Ph.D."We snacked more. We got less exercise. We went to bed later and slept more p