TODAY IS:
- World Tapas Day: A good day for tiny plates of food.
- Fresh Veggies Day: Have you been eating more vegetables than usual since you’ve been at home?
TODAY’S TOPICS:
The coronavirus effect …A new survey by Chapman University looked at how coronavirus is affecting Americans’ mental health, relationships and more.
The bad news: We’re more stressed and depressed, are eating more junk food, and are exercising less.
- 61% say they feel more stressed, 60% say they’re more anxious and 45% are more depressed.
- 37% say they’re eating more because they’re stressed, and 41% say they are eating more junk food, specifically.
- 35% admit they aren’t exercising as much as they did last year.
The good news: Our love lives are better. Couples are having more sex, cuddling and saying, "I love you" more, and arguing less.
- 64% say they’ve been spending more time with their partner.
- 31% say staying at home has made them want to have sex with their partner more.
- The average couple has snuggled four times and said, “I love you” six times just over the past week.
- 24% say they are arguing less ... but 25% say they are fighting more.
Speaking of eating more …Lots of people are worried about gaining the “Quarantine 15” during the pandemic, but that's nothing compared to the Quarantine 200. One man in Wuhan, China, just tipped the scales at 616 pounds -- 200 more pounds than he weighed when the pandemic started. The 26-year-old, known only as Zhou, finally sought medical help after he says the lockdown kept him indoors for five months with nothing to do but eat. He says he had difficulty moving around and sleeping. His rapid weight gain also resulted in several other health problems, including heart disease. Doctors are hopeful he can lose enough weight where it will be safe for him to undergo gastric bypass surgery. (Daily Mail)
Thermostat wars are real …How important is room temperature to you? Seems for some people it is serious stuff – and can even be a relationship deal breaker.
44% of respondents said they had gotten in an argument with someone over room temperature and 25% of say they have ended a friendship due to thermostat arguments. 48% said they wouldn’t date someone who wasn’t compatible with them, temperature wise. (SWNS)
So, straight guys are attracted to thin women and straight women are attracted to muscular men, right? Wrong. A new study out of the University of St. Andrews in the U.K. found that both men and women were way off in their assumptions of what the other gender found attractive when it comes to body type.
Researchers found that women assumed the thinner you were, the more attractive you were to the opposite sex, and men assumed the more muscle-bound you were, the more attractive you were to women. But when the study participants, who were heterosexual women and men between the ages of 17 and 26, were asked to create the body image they found attractive in the opposite sex, the images did not fit these stereotypes at all.
"Women tend to overestimate the thinness of female bodies that men prefer, and men tend to overestimate the muscularity of male bodies that women prefer," the researchers wrote. (Mind Body Green)
Most love dogs …Are you a dog lover who wants to find love with another dog lover? Well, you’re in luck. There’s a new dating app called Dig that was designed specifically for dog people. According to the app’s site, "If you’re lucky enough to own a pup, you know that things never work out with someone if they’re not as into your dog as you are. Dig is a dating app built to connect dog people based on what’s most important to us.” (People)