Recommendations for Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

摘要

Since the escalation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, over a billion people acrossthe world have faced restrictions due to varying degrees of confinement, and in the absence ofa vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, massive public health interventions have been implemented tocontain the outbreak. The lockdown set up in many countries to combat the COVID-19 epidemicentails unprecedented disruption of lives and work, determining specific risks related to mentaland physical health in the general population, especially among those who stopped working duringthe current outbreak (1). The implementation of confinement policies to contain COVID-19 couldbe a catalyst for concealed mental and physical health conditions, further enhancing the effectsof psychosocial risk factors, including stress, social isolation, and negative emotions that may actas barriers against behavioral changes toward an active lifestyle and negatively impact on globalhealth, well-being and quality of life, ultimately resulting in result in a range of chronic healthconditions (2, 3).