Health lifestyle during lockdown speech
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Explanation:
COVID-19 is a global burden which continues to redefine daily lifestyle-related habits in a significant manner as the pandemic progresses through its different phases. Public health recommendations and government measures taken to abate infection have indirectly impacted food availability, dietary quality, normal daily activities, access to recreational public settings, social activities, work and financial security [1]. These factors compound over time to radically change lifestyle-related behaviours, especially daily eating, activity and sleep behaviours that are known to be independent risk factors for metabolic complications such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disorders [2,3].
Few preliminary studies from the west have highlighted a negative impact on various lifestyle-related behaviours as a potential implication of COVID-19. However, these studies were done during the complete lockdown phase and suffer from methodological limitations like less representative sample and non-validated tools for data collection. Moreover, the interplay of the severity of COVID-19 infection with different social, economic and cultural constructs in determining the extent of changes in lifestyle-related behaviours might vary from country to country.
There is a lack of evidence that evaluates the effect of COVID-19 on lifestyle-related behaviours in India. It is important to investigate some key questions such as which lifestyle behaviours are most affected, how severe is the impact of COVID-19 on these behaviours, what are the reasons for these changes and which demographic section is the most impacted.