Physical inactivity and health inequality during coronavirus: a novel opportunity or total lockdown?
BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
; 6(1): e000903, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-999268
ABSTRACT
Government-restricted movement during the coronavirus pandemic in various countries around the world has led to rapid and fundamental changes in our health behaviour. As well as being at a higher risk of contracting and being hospitalised with COVID-19, the elderly, those with chronic disease and lower socioeconomic groups are also disproportionately affected by restriction of movement, further widening the physical activity health inequality. In this viewpoint we discuss the physiological sequelae of physical inactivity, and the additional burden of ageing and inflammation. We provide recommendations for public health promotion and interventions to try to mitigate the detrimental effects of physical inactivity and rebalance the health inequality.
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
Language:
English
Journal:
BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bmjsem-2020-000903
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