Health Headlines - 3-2-20

In today's health headlines we talk about how the Coronavirus is sending people to stock up on items such as hand sanitizer to try and stay healthy.

Also, kids are eating more in post-game snacks than they are burning within the game.

THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS INTHE U-S... IS PROMPTING MANYPEOPLE TO GO TOTHE STORE... AND STOCK UP ONSUPPLIES.AND AS FOX'S JORDAN BOWENEXPLAINS... THAT'S CAUSINGTHINGS LIKE HAND SANITIZER...TO FLY OFF THE SHELVES.EMPTY STORES SHELVES... ANDCONCERNED CUSTOMERS.MCLAUGHLIN SAYS: "NOW EVERYONEIS KIND OF STARTING TO STOCKUP."SOME CUSTOMERS LIKE CHRISMCLAUGHLIN SPENT SATURDAYCRISS-CROSSING THE BAY AREA...LOOKING FOR PRODUCTS LIKE HANDSANITIZER... TO HELP KEEP HIMAND HIS FAMILY FROM GETTINGSICK.0:14-0:21MCLAUGHLIN SAYS: "IT'S LIKE AFEELING OF ANXIETY AND IT'SUNEASINESS, YOU KNOW?

YOU DON'TKNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ANDYOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THEAUTHORITIES OR ANYONE'S REALLYTELLINGYOU WHAT'S GOING ON."AT THIS TARGET IN CLEARWATER...STORES SHELVES COMPLETELY EMPTYOF HAND SANITIZER...WITH SOAP AND OTHER PRODUCTSRUNNING LOW.A SIMILAR STORY AT THIS CVS INTAMPA... HAND SANITIZERCOMPLETELY SOLD OUT.IN A STATEMENT TO FOX 13... ACVS SPOKESPERSON SAYS IN PARTQUOTE..."WE ARE WORKING WITH OURSUPPLIERS TO MEET CUSTOMERDEMAND FOR HAND SANITIZERS ANDMASKS.

THIS DEMAND MAY CAUSETEMPORARY SHORTAGES FOR THESEPRODUCTS AT SOME STORE LOCATIONSAND WE RE-SUPPLY THOSE STORES ASQUICKLY AS POSSIBLE."0:49-0:0:53GOW SAYS: "IT'S A LITTLE SCARYAS ANYONE WOULD FEEL WITH ANYTYPE OF OUTBREAK." JESSICA GOWAND HER FAMILY... STAYING CALMAMID NEWS OF THE OUTBREAK...AND RELYING ON THE SUPPLIES THEYALREADY HAVE STOCKED AT HOME.GOW SAYS: "IT'S REALLYIMPORTANT.

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHINGTHAT'S BEEN KIND OF ESTABLISHEDFROM THE BEGINNING, IS ALWAYSKEEPING YOUR HANDS CLEAN, NOCROSS-CONTAMINATION AND THINGSLIKE THAT.

SO IT'S SOMETHINGWE'VE KIND OF ESTABLISHED INTOOUR EVERYDAY LIVES AND MADE AHABIT."CHILDREN ARE EATING MORECALORIES IN POST-GAME SUGARYSNACKS ... THAN THEYBURN WHILE PLAYING SPORTS.RESEARCHERS TRACKED THE PHYSICALACTIVITY AND SNACK CONSUMPTIONOFYOUNG KIDS..

WHILE THEY PLAYEDNEARLY 200 GAMES.ON AVERAGE.

THEY BURNED 170CALORIES PER GAME... BUTCONSUMED ABOUT 213CALORIES AFTERWARDS.THE SCIENTISTS SAY..

IF THEKIDS ARE PLAYING MULTIPLE GAMESA WEEK... THEY COULD BECONSUMING THOUSANDS OF EXTRASUGARY CALORIES... A YEAR.