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A Mental Health Paradox: Mental health was both a motivator and barrier to physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health, physical activity, and sedentary behavior of citizens worldwide. Using an online survey with 1669 respondents, we sought to understand why and how by querying about perceived barriers and motivators to physical activity that changed because of the pandemic, and how those changes impacted mental health. Consistent with prior reports, our respondents were less physically active …

Authors

Marashi M; Nicholson E; Ogrodnik M; Fenesi B; Heisz J

DOI

10.1101/2020.09.03.280719

Preprint server

bioRxiv