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According to a recent study, covid lockdowns accelerated brain ageing in adolescent girls, showing 4.2 years of brain age acceleration compared to 1.4 years in males.
Children’s memories of lockdown became increasingly negative over time, with female adolescents reporting the lowest happiness levels and highest depressive symptoms.
Physical fitness declined significantly post-lockdown, with young women showing steeper drops in aerobic fitness (4.28 points) compared to men (2.25 points).
Strict lockdowns led to vitamin D deficiency in 77.8% of pregnant women, increasing risks of pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes.
The pandemic’s disruption of normal development patterns has prompted calls for targeted interventions, especially for young women who showed greater vulnerability across measures.
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Covid Lockdowns Fast-Track Brain Ageing in Youth
Covid-19 lockdowns accelerated brain ageing in adolescents, according to a recent study.1 The pandemic drastically changed daily routines, leaving many young people struggling with their mental and physical health. You might have noticed how isolation affected teens, especially girls, more than boys. Increased feelings of anxiety and depression became common as social interactions dwindled.2
As the lockdowns wore on, physical fitness levels among young adults began to decline sharply. Reduced opportunities for exercise and more time spent sedentary led to significant drops in both aerobic and anaerobic fitness.3 This decline isn’t just about physical health; it’s closely tied to mental well-being as well.
We’re only now beginning to see the many ways covid-19 lockdowns impacted adolescent brain development and physical fitness; the full effects likely won’t be apparent for years or decades to come.
The Impact of Lockdowns on Adolescent Brain Development
Adolescence is a critical period for brain maturation, where emotional and social development take centre stage. During this time, your brain undergoes significant changes, including synaptic pruning and myelination, which are essential for cognitive and emotional growth. However, the covid-19 lockdowns disrupted these typical developmental trajectories, particularly in girls.4
Researchers used MRI scans to compare brain structures before and after the lockdowns, revealing that young girls experienced more rapid cortical thinning than boys did. Cortical thinning is a natural part of brain development during adolescence, where your brain’s outer layer, the cortex, becomes thinner as it matures.
This process is essential for improving cognitive functions like thinking, memory and emotional regulation. However, the study showed that the lockdowns caused this thinning to happen much faster than usual, especially in female adolescents. Girls experienced a mean brain age acceleration of 4.2 years compared to 1.4 years in boys.
The acceleration in brain maturation is linked to increased stress caused by the pandemic restrictions. Prolonged social isolation and the disruption of daily routines led to higher levels of stress hormones like cortisol. These hormones affect brain development, leading to the accelerated thinning observed in the study.
Moreover, the faster brain maturation in females is concerning because it’s associated with a higher risk of developing mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. The rapid changes in brain structure may interfere with the normal development of emotional and social skills, making adolescents more vulnerable to neuropsychiatric disorders.
The study highlights the critical need for ongoing support and monitoring of adolescents who experienced the lockdowns. Providing mental health resources and promoting healthy lifestyles may help mitigate the negative impacts of accelerated brain ageing, but early intervention is essential to address the long-term consequences on young minds.
Autobiographical Memories Impact Mental Health in Lockdown
Another study found that as lockdowns continued, children’s memories of that time became less detailed and more negative over time. Initially, kids could recall specific events and feelings from the lockdown, but as months passed, their memories lost some of that detail and leaned more toward negative emotions.5
Psychological well-being among children and adolescents also took a hit during the lockdowns, with girls showing the most significant decline. While all young people experienced increased anxiety and depression, female adolescents were particularly hard hit, reporting the lowest levels of happiness and the highest levels of depressive symptoms.6
The content of these memories played a crucial role in mental health outcomes. Memories that were filled with negative emotions and detailed factual information about covid-19 and the restrictions predicted poorer psychological well-being over time. Not surprisingly, kids who focused more on the negative aspects and the hard facts about the pandemic struggled more with their mental health.7
Overall, the findings suggest that the way children and adolescents remember and narrate their experiences during challenging times significantly influences their mental health. Negative memory narratives lead to worse psychological outcomes, highlighting the need for supportive interventions that help young people process their experiences in healthier ways.8
Long-Term Impact of Covid-19 Lockdowns on Physical Fitness in Young Adults
Covid-19 lockdowns also had a significant long-term impact on the physical fitness of young adults.9 Researchers conducted a comprehensive analysis involving over 5,300 university freshmen, comparing their physical fitness levels before and after the pandemic lockdowns. Again, not surprisingly, the lockdowns led to notable declines in both aerobic and anaerobic fitness compared to previous years.
The study showed that anaerobic fitness, which is essential for short bursts of intense activity like sprinting, decreased by an average of 0.84 points. More strikingly, aerobic fitness, crucial for sustained activities such as running or cycling, dropped by 2.25 points in males and a more substantial 4.28 points in females. This indicates that young adults became significantly less capable of performing endurance-based activities post-lockdown.
With gyms, parks and sports facilities closed, many young adults found themselves spending more time sitting or engaging in less physically demanding activities like video games or desk work.
Curiously, females experienced greater declines in aerobic fitness compared to their male counterparts. This gender disparity suggests that lockdown measures may have disproportionately affected girls in maintaining their cardiovascular endurance. Possible reasons include differences in how males and females engaged in physical activities during the lockdown or varying access to exercise resources and support systems.
The decline in physical fitness may lead to long-term health issues such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders. The study underscores the urgent need to promote physical activity among young adults, especially in the aftermath of lockdowns or similar restrictions. Encouraging regular exercise and reducing sedentary time are essential steps in preventing these negative health outcomes and ensuring that fitness levels recover post-pandemic.
Furthermore, the research highlights that addressing fitness declines is important for supporting the overall health of young adults. Promoting accessible and enjoyable forms of exercise may help mitigate the long-term consequences of the pandemic on youth fitness and well-being.
Lockdowns Led to Vitamin D Deficiency, Worse Birth Outcomes in Pregnant Women
In related news, a team of Spanish researchers looked into the effects of strict lockdown on the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women, noting, “In Spain, a strict lockdown (SL) was declared, with the population being confined at home, therefore influencing their exposition to sunlight.”10
For this study, vitamin D deficiency (“VDD”) was defined as a vitamin D level below 20 ng/ml, and vitamin D insufficiency as a level between 20 and 30 ng/ml. This is notable since it represents an extremely low level of vitamin D. While sufficiency begins around 40 ng/ml (100 nmol/l in European measurements), the target range for optimal health is 60 to 80 ng/ml (150 to 200 nmol/l).
If higher levels were used to define vitamin D deficiency in the study, even more women would have been deemed deficient. Still, even using 20 ng/ml as the deficiency cutoff, 55.5% of pregnant women in the region were vitamin D deficient. Among those on strict lockdown (“SL”), the prevalence was 77.8%.11
While the study stopped short of examining the pregnancy outcomes of lockdown-driven vitamin D deficiency, past research has linked VDD with adverse effects in pregnancy, including pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, preterm birth and caesarean delivery.12
Covid-19 lockdown was also associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes, with the risk increasing the longer the lockdown continued,13 as well as an increased risk of preterm birth.14
Other studies also suggest that lockdowns negatively affected pregnant women in other ways. For example, in a study comparing women who experienced a Level I lockdown in China during the pandemic with women who did not, the lockdown group had shorter gestational length and a higher risk of preterm birth.15
Brain Development and Fitness Are Suffering After Pandemic Lockdowns
To conclude, the covid-19 pandemic had a profound impact on adolescent brain development and physical fitness, particularly in young girls. These effects, coupled with increased stress and prolonged social isolation, have heightened the risk of mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression.
Physical fitness has also taken a significant hit, with both aerobic and anaerobic capacities declining, especially among young women. The shift toward sedentary lifestyles and reduced opportunities for physical activity has had lasting effects on health and well-being, with implications for long-term health outcomes.
To mitigate these impacts, it’s essential to promote regular physical activity, provide mental health support and encourage healthy lifestyle habits. By understanding the unique challenges faced by adolescents during the pandemic, we can develop targeted interventions to support their recovery and ensure a healthier future for our youth.
Early intervention, consistent support and fostering resilience are crucial steps toward helping adolescents navigate these challenging times and safeguarding their mental and physical health.
Sources and References
- 1, 4 PNAS September 9, 2024, 121(38)
- 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 Child Development August 14, 2024
- 3, 9 Scientific Reports September 18, 2023, volume 13, Article number: 15430 (2023)
- 10 Nutrients 2023, 15(8), 1972
- 11 Nutrients 2023, 15(8), 1972, Discussion
- 12 Nutrients 2023, 15(8), 1972, Introduction
- 13 Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022; 13: 824245
- 14 Front Med (Lausanne). 2021; 8: 705943
- 15 BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021; 21: 795
About the Author
Dr. Joseph Mercola is the founder and owner of Mercola.com, a Board-Certified Family Medicine Osteopathic Physician, a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and a New York Times bestselling author. He publishes multiple articles a day covering a wide range of topics on his website Mercola.com.
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My 15years grand-daughter a nice girl who had ambition to travel and study. Lost her friends, became depressed, self harmed. When out of lockdown joined up with other teenagers who she would never have previously been friends with. She and they were drinking themselves into oblivion. She couldn’t hold a job down and eventually was pregnant. She cut herself off from me. What her life is now at 18years I dont know. I have this scam to thank for this. It did terrible phycological damage. We havn’t even started to see the outcome of this evil plan, what it has done to our young people. Our “bought and paid for” politicians have brain washed our kids into thinking that there is, no hope, and the world will end with scan climate change and fake pandemics. They will hand over their minds to trans-humanisation to get rid of the pain and fear. We have to stop these narratives and propaganda. Fake media. Young people know it all. This is one little family story of the lockdown damage on the young.
And yes I am still sure my family think Covid was a thing. Will I live to see justice, dont be ridiculous to even think it.
Hi daisy,
You have taken a page out of my book.
We still have to look out for other people, or relations.
Our job is to stand strong and try to wake them up.
My way, is to start talking about Chemtrails, seems strange but it works.
Weeks later they come back and ask for other information.
just keep reading this blog and using the medical information, a bit at a time.
https://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=248699
These children never had any chance.
perhaps being forced into isolation actually caused them to use their brains for a change.
That is very possible. although unlikely unless they have a mentor or parent who can help with this?otherwise it would be difficult for them? perhaps. or perhaps not.
“have heightened the risk of mental health challenges, including anxiety and depression”
Just another cog in the agenda. The WHO stresses that ‘mental health’ becomes an issue, so the MSM pushes it.
They want access to the brain and they are trying to open every door to get there in an attempt to normalize the access. They want to put carbon nanotubes, in the patents already, in people’s brains.
They hit carbon nanotubes with 640nm red light, which causes oxidation. This calls in glutathione, which reduces the carbon to graphene oxide. Oxygen molecules are aligned in the center of the tube, and now the neuron is activated.
Additionally, nanotubes are wrapped with coronaphases (wrapped with a protein), and this addition changes the luminance of the tube when it interacts with target molecules, such as neurotransmitters (read the brain).
Elon Musk’s ‘Neuralink’ is designed for this, and again, the nanotubes are already in the patents.
Another angle they are using to access the brain is ‘microbial resistance’. They can mimic bacteria, which will obviously not respond to antibiotics. They use MDR inhibitors (multi-drug resistance gene inhibition) to make medicines more effective because the MDR prevents poison and toxin from entering; inhibiting it makes more drug pass. The result is that the blood brain barrier becomes a revolving door allowing all sorts through, including nanoparticles.
Like nanotubes, mimics are already in the patents.
The brain is an end goal.
NASA Sprays DEADLY Trimethyl Aluminum, Seed Artificial Clouds Below Glowing Auroras in Norway
NASA (scientific research) loaded with trimethyl aluminum, released into the air, the wisps of trimethyl aluminum (“DEADLY”) to Humans & Life formed swirls and vortices in the sky that can help reveal how gravity waves behave and interact at this level of the atmosphere.
https://www.space.com/the-universe/earth/nasa-rockets-seed-artificial-clouds-below-glowing-auroras-in-norway-photo
* What NASA doesn’t say in the article is how “DEADLY” to LIFE or flammable trimethyl aluminum is.
No, NASA sprays with LOVE for Humanity not how they are killing and burning animal & human skin during chemtrail spraying killing people and the planet.
* Severe damage to the respiratory tract can lead to fatal pulmonary edema.
* Water or CO2 fire extinguishers must not be used to put out fires involving trialkylaluminum
* Trimethyl aluminum is pyrophoric, reacting violently with air and water.
https://www.chemicalbook.com/Article/Trimethylaluminium-Health-Hazards-and-Toxicity.htm
Major Hazards
Highly reactive, pyrophoric substances; corrosive on contact with skin and eyes.
Toxicity
Trimethylaluminum and related alkylaluminum reagents are pyrophoric materials that can react explosively with the moisture in tissues, causing severe burns. The heat of the reaction can also ignite the methane gas generated, resulting in thermal burns. Alkylaluminum reagents are corrosive substances, and contact is extremely destructive to the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes. Inhalation of trimethylaluminum and other volatile alkylaluminum compounds may cause severe damage to the respiratory tract and can lead to fatal pulmonary edema.
Flammability and Explosibility
* Trimethyl aluminum is pyrophoric and burns violently in contact with air or water. Other alkylaluminum reagents show similar behavior, although most are not as volatile as trimethylaluminum.
Water or CO2 fire extinguishers must not be used.
NASA needs to be TERMINATED!
Pfizer CEO JUMPING up and down with JOY! Lying to Billions About COVID JABs
Vaccine.
https://rumble.com/v5k8vwl-pfizer-ceo-facing-life-in-prison-for-lying-to-billions-about-covid-vaccine.html
These EVIL Moron’s JUMPING up and down!
Hi Brad,
The sooner Bourla is in court, the better.
Notice how they all comment on Graphene Oxide being in the C19 fluid.
I was mentioning it on this Expose blog years ago.
GO is the killer.
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very depressing article this week in miri finch (miri A F) substack saying they will do it all over again this time infinitely worse. See the article Flat Snatchers as to why.
Why on earth would being locked up in your house cause you to do anything? You could still go out for hours a day. What happens in winter? You stay in then. Most of your old people never leave their houses. This article is probably the most ridiculous this site has ever had. That comment above about her daughter going off the rails. She’d have done that anyway. In britain today, no one but the rich stand a chance of any kind of life. That girl just realised her life would be slavery in a supermarket and living in a soviet gulag “appartment”, with all her income siphoned off by the “owner”. There are millions that realise it. Like me for example.
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