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Review
. 2022 Jun 2;19(11):6832.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116832.

Lockdown Due to COVID-19 and Its Consequences on Diet, Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Other Aspects of Daily Life Worldwide: A Narrative Review

Teresa Rubio-Tomás  1 , Maria Skouroliakou  2 , Dimitrios Ntountaniotis  3
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Review

Lockdown Due to COVID-19 and Its Consequences on Diet, Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Other Aspects of Daily Life Worldwide: A Narrative Review

Teresa Rubio-Tomás et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The novel coronavirus, termed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is responsible for the disease called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Besides the important rates of mortality and morbidity directly attributed to the infection itself, many studies detected an important shift towards mostly unhealthy lifestyle patterns in previously healthy non-infected populations all around the world. Although most of the changes in lifestyle had or will have a negative impact on general population health status, some findings are encouraging. Notwithstanding that there was an obvious necessity for governments to apply national lockdowns, it is also necessary to identify and comprehend the consequences they have caused. A narrative literature review was performed, based on scientific articles and previous reviews. An accurate description of changes in eating habits and alcohol consumption, physical activity, mental health, daily routines, economic impacts, and broader effects on society is provided for each continent and different age groups through this review. The volume of selected scientific surveys encompasses approximately 400,000 persons.

Keywords: COVID-19; diet; lifestyle; lockdown; pandemics; physical activity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Distribution of surveys by continent (referring to COVID-19 consequences).
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Figure 2
PRISMA flow diagram for the narrative review which included searches of databases (March 2020–December 2021).
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