Has the pandemic impacted your health in a good way or a bad way?

The likelihood is it has impacted your health in a negative way but for some, they have found healthier habits since the spring of 2020. Whether that describes you or not, the St. Louis District Dairy Council's Monica Nyman indicates obesity is up.

While many people go to the gym or begin a routine that is fitness-based, Nyman says you need to evaluate your diet at the same time. She says we all need to find the 'why' in our story. 

Nyman indicates there are a number of health trends experts are identifying as we get into 2022. Among them is approaching health through a 'health span over life span' which seeks to reduce people's risks to chronic diseases. There's also a superfood that could boom in popularity and people may snack less or snack healthier. 

Nyman encourages doing some calorie counting as you seek to eat better this year. She feels you may be surprised at just how high in calories a lot of the foods you are consuming are.