Florian Herbolsheimer, Annette Peters, Sarah Wagner, Stefan N Willich, Lilian Krist, Tobias Pischon, Katharina Nimptsch, Sylvia Gastell, Mirko Brandes, Berit Brandes, Tamara Schikowski, Börge Schmidt, Karin B Michels, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Volker Harth, Nadia Obi, Stefanie Castell, Jana K Heise, Wolfgang Lieb, Katrin Franzpötter, André Karch, Henning Teismann, Henry Völzke, Claudia Meinke-Franze, Michael Leitzmann, Michael J Stein, Hermann Brenner, Bernd Holleczek, Andrea Weber, Barbara Bohn, Alexander Kluttig, Karen Steindorf
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions posed challenges to maintaining healthy lifestyles and physical well-being. During the first mobility restrictions from March to mid-July 2020, the German population was advised to stay home, except for work, exercise, and essential shopping. Our objective was to comprehensively assess the impact of these restrictions on changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior to identify the most affected groups. METHODS: Between April 30, 2020, and May 12, 2020, we distributed a COVID-19-specific questionnaire to participants of the German National Cohort (NAKO)...
February 12, 2024: BMC Public Health