Journal of Sports and Biomotor Sciences

Journal of Sports and Biomotor Sciences

The study of physical activity and nutritional status during the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors
Maryam Mohammadpour
Javad Mehrabani
Abuzar Jorbonian
10.22034/sbs.2020.161233
Abstract
Introduction and purpose: Studies have shown that COVID-19 causes disruption in the immune system. Strengthening the immune system can be an important strategy in preventing this disease. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigated the physical activity and nutritional status during the COVID-19 pandemic
on the other hand, it has been suggested in many studies that physical activity and proper diet can be effective in improving the immune system.
Material and methods: The present study is descriptive in that the method of data collection was the use of an electronic questionnaire. The questionnaire included 4 sections and each section included several questions. The responses were returned to the database designed by the researcher. Based on the questions of the questionnaire, people were classified based on the level of physical activity, sports history, eating habits and supplements they were taking and suffering from COVID-19. The research community included people active in the virtual environment and the subjects were 805 (466 women and 339 men).
Results: In inactive women, there was an inverse relationship between physical activity with intensity and time until the threshold of fatigue and the possibility of contracting the disease of COVID-19 (p=0.0001, r=0.24). In addition, there is an inverse relationship between sports history of men (p=0.001, r=-0.28) with COVID-19 disease and the time of sports activity in each session of men (p=0.0001, r=-0.24) and women (p=0.0001, r=0.21) was observed with COVID-19 disease. A positive relationship was observed between the use of high-fat foods and COVID-19 disease in men and women (p=0.014, r=0.21); and people who used nutritional supplements had a lower rate of infection with the disease of COVID-19 (p=0.0001).
Discussion and Conclusion: It seems that performing regular physical activity with moderate intensity and following a balanced diet and regularly receiving cereal, meat and protein food groups and fruits and receiving vitamin C and D supplements are related to reducing the severity of COVID-19 disease.
Keywords
physical activity
Inactive people
Eating Habits
COVID-19
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  • Receive Date 23 November 2022
  • Revise Date 27 February 2023