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Sustained lockdown-induced sedentary behavior and dietary shifts in healthy adults cause significant worsening of cardiovascular risk factors, including increased BMI, body fat, LDL cholesterol, blood glucose, and blood pressure.
Maintain physical activity and monitor dietary intake during periods of restricted movement. The study shows that even healthy adults experience measurable declines in metabolic health (weight, lipids, glucose) when sedentary, highlighting the need for proactive lifestyle management during lockdowns or similar restrictions.
Lockdown can be concluded to have had a negative effect on health parameters in both sexes in all age ranges, causing a worsening of cardiovascular risk factors.
Why this rating
Large longitudinal cohort (n=6236) with before/after comparison, though observational and subject to confounding.
Source
Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Anthropometric Variables, Blood Pressure, and Glucose and Lipid Profile in Healthy Adults: A before and after Pandemic Lockdown Longitudinal Study
José Ignacio Ramírez‐Manent et al. · Nutrients · 2022
DOI 10.3390/nu14061237
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