The stressful circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic are taking a toll on people’s health and well-being, one medical expert confirms – specifically in the form of weight gain from stress eating and decreased activity levels, hypertension and other anxiety-related issues.

Hackensack Meridian Health’s David Leopold is an M.D. with multiple board certifications; he’s also network medical director of integrative health and medicine, and assistant professor of medicine with the Hackensack…