The impact of physical activity on well-being, lifestyle and health promotion in an era of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 variant

ABSTRACT

We must recognize the limitations of the current situation and vaccines where SARS-CoV-2 variants continue to transform and spread and need to build strategies to maintain and promote health in adherence to the suggested recommended action of the WHO. The purpose of this review is to examine the literature and latest research on the effects of physical activity (PA) on health in preparation for the SARS-CoV-2 strain and future infectious diseases era. In addition, it provides some general guidelines for actionable PA. We performed a literature search using Scopus, Riss, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar, this review method was a narrative literature review of the available literature and latest literature regarding health and PA-related factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, PA suggests opportunities to not only maintain and promote health by strengthening the immune system in an era where the COVID-19 variant is a crisis but also implement opportunities for well-being (WB), healthy lifestyles, and long-term health improvement. In particular, maintaining a regular PA routine outdoors or at home could be an important means to lower infection rates and maintain health during the potential impact of the current COVID-19 crisis and future pandemics (i.e. dramatic moments). The clinical relevance of the present review is crucial to understanding the impact of PA on WB, lifestyle, physical and mental health, maintaining regular PA, and important preventive factor to better prepare for the era of COVID-19 variants and similar pandemics in the future as it is emphasized as a prevention strategy and key strategy for continuous health promotion.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19
• COVID-19 variants
• health promotion
• immunity
• lifestyle modifications
• physical activity

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The authors have no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose. Peer reviewers on this manuscript have no relevant financial or other relationships to disclose.