Nutrition in the Actual COVID-19 Pandemic. A Narrative Review.
Nutrients
; 13(6)2021 Jun 03.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1259554
ABSTRACT
The pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has shocked world health authorities generating a global health crisis. The present study discusses the main finding in nutrition sciences associated with COVID-19 in the literature. We conducted a consensus critical review using primary sources, scientific articles, and secondary bibliographic indexes, databases, and web pages. The method was a narrative literature review of the available literature regarding nutrition interventions and nutrition-related factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main search engines used in the present research were PubMed, SciELO, and Google Scholar. We found how the COVID-19 lockdown promoted unhealthy dietary changes and increases in body weight of the population, showing obesity and low physical activity levels as increased risk factors of COVID-19 affection and physiopathology. In addition, hospitalized COVID-19 patients presented malnutrition and deficiencies in vitamin C, D, B12 selenium, iron, omega-3, and medium and long-chain fatty acids highlighting the potential health effect of vitamin C and D interventions. Further investigations are needed to show the complete role and implications of nutrition both in the prevention and in the treatment of patients with COVID-19.
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Texto completo:
Disponible
Colección:
Bases de datos internacionales
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles
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Estado Nutricional
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Dieta
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Conducta Alimentaria
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Pandemias
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COVID-19
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Estilo de Vida
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
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Revisiones
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Nu13061924
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