Highlights Consistently active people and people who did some form of physical activity showed a reduced risk of developing severe COVID-19 outcomes. Being consistently inactive was found to be a stronger risk factor for developing severe COVID-19 outcomes as compared to other risk factors like underlying medical conditions. Authors: Robert Sallis, Deborah Rohm Young, Sara Y Tartof, James F Sallis, Jeevan Sall, Qiaowu Li, et al. This ‘Journal Watch’ summarizes the study titled “Physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes: a study in 48 440 adult patients” , published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021.
What was the need for the study? According to CDC, risk factors for COVID-19 include the presence of underlying comorbidities like obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, advanced age, and male gender. However, there is a…
