Regional Difference in the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Domain-Specific Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Sleeping Time, and Step Count: Web-Based Cross-sectional Nationwide Survey and Accelerometer-Based Observational Study.

Yosuke Yamada Hideyuki Namba Heiwa Date Shinobu Kitayama Yui Nakayama Misaka Kimura Hiroyuki Fujita Motohiko Miyachi

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2023)

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on PA and SB was significantly dependent on living area, even in a single country. The effects of PA and SB were greater in the Greater Tokyo Area and regional core cities but were not observed in regional small and medium cities in Japan.

Keyphrases

physical activity
cross sectional
body mass index
depressive symptoms
peripheral blood