Changes in the prevalence of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior during COVID-19 pandemic: a survey with 39,693 Brazilian adults

Silva, Danilo; Werneck, André O.; Malta, Déborah Carvalho; Júnior, Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza; Azevedo, Luiz Otávio; Barros, Marilisa Berti de Azevedo; Szwarcwald, Célia Landmann

doi:10.1590/0102-311x00221920

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“…Our findings do not agree with those of other studies, that people started drinking more alcohol because of COVID-19 isolation [ 12 ], that their BMI increased [ 16 ], and that episodes of SB became longer [ 15 ]. Epidemiological studies have indicated that depression and obesity have a strong bidirectional relationship; thus, increases in BMI increase the risk for developing depression and vice versa, so that individuals with depression tend to have a high BMI [ 26 ].…”

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“…During COVID-19 episodes, snacking and alcohol consumption increase [ 14 ]. Thus, the prevalence of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior (SB) increased in all population subgroups during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil [ 15 ]. An increase in body weight was shown in about half of the respondents during the first COVID-19 outbreak in Poland.…”

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Did COVID-19 Pandemic Change People’s Physical Activity Distribution, Eating, and Alcohol Consumption Habits as well as Body Mass Index?

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Lisinskienė

Lochbaum

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This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate whether COVID-19 had an impact on people’s (aged 18–74) physical activity distribution, eating, and alcohol consumption habits as well as body mass index. We interviewed 6369 people (4545 women and 1824 men) in Lithuania before the COVID-19 pandemic started and 2392 during COVID-19 (1856 women and 536 men). They were aged 18–74 years. We found that both genders had not stopped their physical activity (PA) completely because of lockdown imitations (for example, prohibition from attending sport clubs), but they started doing different physical exercises at sport clubs. We determined the PA distribution according to the Danish Physical Activity Questionnaire (DPAQ). Despite increases in independent PA and the quantity of light PA, the amount of total energy used in metabolic equivalent of task (MET) units per day decreased significantly for both genders irrespective of age. Although the amounts of sedentary behavior, moderate PA (MPA), vigorous PA (VPA) or a combination of MPA and VPA (MVPA) did not change significantly. Surprisingly, lockdown reduced the duration of sleep for older women but increased their amount of intense VPA (>6 METs). However, the amount of intense VPA decreased for men. Both genders reported overeating less during the pandemic than before it, but did not start consuming more alcohol, and their body mass index did not change. Thus, the COVID-19 in Lithuania represented ‘good stress’ that mobilized these individuals to exercise more independently and overeat less.

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Did COVID-19 Pandemic Change People’s Physical Activity Distribution, Eating, and Alcohol Consumption Habits as well as Body Mass Index?

Skurvydas

Lisinskienė

Lochbaum

et al. 2021

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“…On the other hand, working from home, or in the office is even better than being unemployed during the pandemic as regards PA and SB. Recent research [22,60,63,69], in accordance with previous research [98], reported a lower level of PA and increased level of SB among unemployed people. In line with these results, previously inactive or low active people at baseline had become less physically active during the COVID-19 pandemic [29,57].…”

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“…The total of 39 included manuscripts yielded a total of 118,022 participants with a range of job types. Twelve studies especially examined office workers [23,46,[50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59], and 11 studies [22,23,42,[44][45][46]52,[60][61][62][63] examined WFH or remote working.…”

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Changes in Workers’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Background: COVID-19 has changed the world and strongly affected the health of the people and the quality of their life. These changes might impact employees’ physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB). This study aimed to summarize the literature focusing on the COVID-19-caused changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior among the adult working population. Methods: Literature searches were conducted in June 2021 using multiple electronic databases. The following keywords and synonyms were used during the searching process: physical activity, sedentary behavior, COVID-19, employee. After the data cleaning process (duplicates, inclusion criteria), the title and the abstract of all manuscripts from the searches were screened independently by two reviewers. Results: Thirty-nine manuscripts were selected as a result of the searching process. Of these, 5 were SB related, 15 were PA related and 19 addressed both PA and SB. There were longitudinal (10), cross-sectional (28) and a case study (1) in the selected manuscripts. The majority of studies were conducted in the USA (6) and Europe (18), and four studies examined the PA and/or SB in multiple countries. The majority (34 studies) of the studies used subjective, self-reported, but mostly before-validated questionnaires. Objective measures were less common and used only 12.8% of the examined studies. Moreover, 76.4% of the studies described an overall decrease in the amount of PA during the COVID-19 pandemic. In three cases, researchers observed an increase in PA among the workers. Five studies reported no significant changes in the amount of PA during the pandemic. As far as SB is concerned, 18 out of 24 of the studies reported an overall increase in the amount of SB between the two periods. Four manuscripts reported no significant change in the amount of SB, and there was only one manuscript in the examined studies that reported an overall decrease in the SB time before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion: There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic, including lockdown and work from home (WFH) policies, impaired the PA and SB level of the populations. This period has delivered an important message for the adult working population as well. They should be as active as possible and avoid high levels of SB and uninterrupted sitting time. Therefore, organizations, policies and public health bodies should motivate workers, especially office workers, to be more active and interventions must be developed to mitigate the negative effects of the COVID-19 on PA and SB.

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“…This test only takes place in September, with little adherence by the military compared to the one carried out in 2019, as it was not mandatory for the military. A decrease in the level of physical activity in adults was also identified during the pandemic in Brazil and elsewhere in the world, in addition to a significant increase in sedentary behavior, such as sitting time, TV watching, using electronic and social media (Chew and Lopez, 2021;Costa et al, 2020;Puccinelli et al, 2021;Silva et al, 2021;Schuch et al, 2021). Badminton athletes presented increased sedentary time and decreased physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-COVID period (da Silva Santos et al, 2021).…”

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Physical performance of military personnel before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

Amaral

Santos

2021

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Esporte

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This investigation aimed to compare the level of physical performance of the military of the 3rd Military Police Battalion before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were 82 military personnel (76 men) who were submitted to the Physical Fitness Test (PFT) in November 2019 and repeated it in September 2020. The 12-minute and VO2max tests were selected for cardiorespiratory evaluation and push-ups and sit-up tests to assess localized muscle resistance. The results showed a decrease in the performance of these soldiers, both in cardiorespiratory variables and in localized muscular resistance (p ≤ 0.05). The pandemic may have negatively influenced the physical performance of the military.

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Changes in the prevalence of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior during COVID-19 pandemic: a survey with 39,693 Brazilian adults

Cited by 29 publications

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Did COVID-19 Pandemic Change People’s Physical Activity Distribution, Eating, and Alcohol Consumption Habits as well as Body Mass Index?

Did COVID-19 Pandemic Change People’s Physical Activity Distribution, Eating, and Alcohol Consumption Habits as well as Body Mass Index?

Changes in Workers’ Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Physical performance of military personnel before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

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