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COVID-19 home confinement significantly reduces physical activity across all intensities (vigorous, moderate, walking) and increases daily sitting time, leading to a negative impact on physical fitness.

If you are under lockdown or confinement, expect your physical activity levels to drop and sitting time to rise significantly. To counteract this, you must proactively structure home-based exercise, as natural movement opportunities (commuting, gym access) are removed. Focus on maintaining daily movement rather than relying on previous routines.

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The COVID-19 home confinement had a negative effect on all PA intensity levels (vigorous, moderate, walking and overall). Additionally, daily sitting time increased from 5 to 8 h per day.
Achraf Ammar et al. · Nutrients · 2020

Why this rating

Large sample size (n=1047) and statistical significance (p<0.001), but relies on self-reported survey data (IPAQ-SF) which may have recall bias.

Source

Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity: Results of the ECLB-COVID19 International Online Survey

Achraf Ammar et al. · Nutrients · 2020

DOI 10.3390/nu12061583

cross_sectional · n=1047Cited 2,083×
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DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10

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