COVID-19, Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors and chronic disease in the United States: Mapping the social injustice overlay

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Science, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: raarena@uic.edu.
² Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
³ Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Science, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Science, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Biomedical Research Theme, School of Human Sciences, University of Derby, Derby, UK.
⁵ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Biomedical Health Information Sciences, College of Applied Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁶ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Ross Arena et al. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2023 Jan-Feb.

. 2023 Jan-Feb:76:112-117.

doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2023.02.010.

¹ Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Science, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: raarena@uic.edu.
² Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
³ Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Science, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Science, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Biomedical Research Theme, School of Human Sciences, University of Derby, Derby, UK.
⁵ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Biomedical Health Information Sciences, College of Applied Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁶ Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL - PIVOT) Network, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-University of Queensland School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic disease; Diet; Healthy living; Pandemic; Physical activity; Social justice.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest None.

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