ABSTRACT
Chronic Illnesses;Covid-19;Mental Health;Systematic Review;Prisma;Life Style Diseases;NonCommunicable Diseases INTRODUCTION The WHO declared COVID-19 as public health emergency of international concern. [27] Results of review done by Dubey et al., 2020 showed that infodemic, xenophobia, and stigmatization are expected to increase mental health issues in vulnerable population, that is, females, youngsters, those with pre-existing physical and mental health conditions, high education status, frontline healthcare workers, and migrant workers. [28] Increased screen time, stress, and anxiety was reported during pandemic thereby increasing risk for hypertension and obesity in children and 30% of young population and parents in future are expected to suffer from mental issues, anxiety, and depression[29-31] thereby family and social support appears important to cope with mental health challenges)34 Singh et al., 2021;Kumar et al., 2020, and Singh et al., 2021, found issues with blood pressure control and both elevated systolic and worsening of blood pressure were reported. [16] Chopra et al., 2020, in cross-sectional study reported improvements in dietary habits, frequency of meals, and consumption of home cooked food and dairy products (slight increase in consumption of healthy food and avoiding junk/oily/fast food) mainly in those belonging to higher socio-economic strata and weight gain was also reported.