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Most physically active people fared worse during the pandemic

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DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/09/people-who-were-most-physically-active-fared-worse-during-the-pandemic/

Physically active people who increased their activity level early on in the pandemic had poorer mental health than those who delayed increasing their exercise.

When the world shut down in March 2020, many of us scaled back our exercise and other physical activity. Those COVID kilos yielded interest, and many of us still haven’t rid ourselves of them.

But it could have been worse.

It could be that forcing too much physical activity too early in the pandemic was not healthy, either, according to some recent research results.

Researchers at NTNU looked at how the mental health of physically active adults progressed during the first phase of the pandemic. Physically active people generally have better mental health than inactive people.

The researchers collected the first data in June 2020, just a few months into the shutdown, and then again six months later. The participants were members of Kondis, a Norwegian organization for cardio exercise.

Women’s anxiety symptoms remained stable, but men’s anxiety symptoms increased. Both sexes had several symptoms of depression.

The research findings thus showed that the pandemic was associated with worse mental health for the physically active population as well. People who reduced the amount of exercise they did had the most depression symptoms.

DIG DEEPER at Norwegian SciTech News:
https://norwegianscitechnews.com/2022/09/people-who-were-most-physically-active-fared-worse-during-the-pandemic/
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