Working out: lockdown's lessons to increase physical activity

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Open AccessWorking Out: Lockdown's Lessons to Increase Physical Activity Jon Patricios Robin T. Saggers Zaid Saeed Mosima Mabunda Deepak Patel Jon Patricios1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6829-4098 Search for more papers by this author Robin T. Saggers1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-8049 Search for more papers by this author Zaid Saeed2 Search for more papers by this author Mosima Mabunda2 Search for more papers by this author Deepak Patel2 Search for more papers by this author Affiliations 1University of the Witwatersrand 2Discovery Vitality Published Online:5 Nov 2021https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-wjcm-v3-n3-a9SectionsPDF ToolsAdd to favouritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditGMailHotmailYammer AboutAbstractRegular physical activity has been consistently shown to be a powerful contributor to good health, especially in the prevention of non-communicable diseases.(1) During the COVID-19 pandemic, the significant benefits of regular physical activity in also providing enhanced protection against communicable diseases have been highlighted.(2) These benefits arise from changes to a number of physiological parameters that improve immune response.(3) Conversely, a sedentary lifestyle has been closely associated with adverse health outcomes.(4) WHO guidelines recommend 150–300 min of moderate-intensity or 75–150 min of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity weekly.(5) International medical insurance data during the COVID-19 pandemic shows significantly better prognosis in physically active people who contract COVID-19.(6) Unpublished South African data supports these findings. Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails None Volume 3, Issue 3 | Nov 2021 AffiliationWits University PressEnglishMedicine and HealthOpen AccessInternational JournalsLanguagesEnglish InformationCopyright © 2021, Wits University PressLicensesThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Disclosure The authors confirm that the manuscript has been read and approved by all named authors and that there are no other persons who satisfied the criteria for authorship but are not listed. The authors confirm that they have given due consideration to the protection of intellectual property associated with this work and that there are no impediments to publication, including the timing of publication, with respect to intellectual property. Ethical conduct of research The authors state that they have obtained appropriate institutional review board outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki for all human or animal experimental investigations. A signed informed consent document has been obtained from all participants included in the study.