ReviewJournal of sport and health science2020
Coronavirus disease-2019: A tocsin to our aging, unfit, corpulent, and immunodeficient society.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 136 citations in OpenAlex.
- Body mass index and outcome in patients with COVID-19: A dose-response meta-analysis.Diabetes & metabolism · 2021Pooled it
- The Severity of COVID-19 Is Associated with Greater Impairment of Cardiac Autonomic Modulation-Physical Training as a Countermeasure.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
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- 4-week aerobic exercise training regulates systemic macrophage polarization in obese mice.PeerJ · 2026Article
- Individualized walking cadence thresholds of moderate to vigorous intensity for Taiwanese obese young adults.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- Toward a roadmap for addressing today's health dilemma-The 101-statement consensus report.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Exercise immunology: Novel insights.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Article
- Changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during the first COVID-19 pandemic- restrictions in Germany: a nationwide survey : Running head: physical activity during the COVID-19 restrictions.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Impact of (long) COVID on athletes' performance: a prospective study in elite football players.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- Short-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and return to sport on neuromuscular performance, body composition, and mental health - A case series of well-trained young kayakers.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2023Article
- Meta-analysis of the impact of physical activity on the recovery of physical function in COVID-19 patients.Heliyon · 2023Review
- Physical Activity Modifies the Severity of COVID-19 in Hospitalized Patients-Observational Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- The Role of Diet and Specific Nutrients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Have We Learned over the Last Three Years?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Physical activity, COVID-19, and respiratory comorbidities: The good, the bad, and the ugly.Journal of sport and health science · 2023Article
- Molecular mechanisms of COVID-19-induced pulmonary fibrosis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Review
- Stress induced proinflammatory adaptations: Plausible mechanisms for the link between stress and cardiovascular disease.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
- Physical activities pre- and post-COVID-19 vaccination and its implementations: A narrative review.SAGE open medicine · 2023Review
- Relationship between physical exercise and COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): systematic review.Sport sciences for health · 2023Review
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Maintaining Physical Activity and Its Associated Factors among Medical Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Acute and chronic respiratory illnesses cause widespread morbidity and mortality, and this class of illness now includes the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome that is causing coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). The world is experiencing a major demographic shift toward an older, obese, and physically inactive populace. Risk factor assessments based on pandemic data indicate that those at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 include older males, and people of all ages with obesity and related comorbidities such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Aging in and of itself leads to negative changes in innate and adaptive immunity, a process termed immunosenescence. Obesity causes systemic inflammation and adversely impacts immune function and host defense in a way that patterns immunosenescence. Two primary prevention strategies to reduce the risk for COVID-19 at both the community and individual levels include mitigation activities and the adoption of lifestyle practices consistent with good immune health. Animal and human studies support the idea that, in contrast to high exercise workloads, regular moderate-intensity physical activity improves immunosurveillance against pathogens and reduces morbidity and mortality from viral infection and respiratory illnesses including the common cold, pneumonia, and influenza. The odds are high that infectious disease pandemics spawned by novel pathogens will continue to inflict morbidity and mortality as the world's population becomes older and more obese. COVID-19 is indeed a wake-up call, a tocsin, to the world that primary prevention countermeasures focused on health behaviors and hygiene demand our full attention and support.
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