Long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity and estimated cardiorespiratory fitness in south American adults: a multi-country cross-sectional online survey
Across five countries in South America, social restriction policies to control the COVID-19 pandemic may have reduced physical activity and estimated cardiorespiratory fitness with no recovery until the survey time.
Authors
- Ricardo A. Peña Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7700-4649)
- Vinícius Tonon Lauria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8538-8723)
- Maria do Socorro Simões (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9358-0646)
- Sandra López‐Arana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4312-1318)
- Pablo Gulayin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4709-7543)
- Isabel Pereyra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4696-8063)
- Alfonsina Ortíz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3571-3281)
- Goodarz Danaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2456-5463)
- Laura Gutiérrez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9423-4320)
- Rosana Poggio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3339-2421)
- Indah Suci Widyahening (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7952-2893)
- Laila Al‐Shaar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2774-3464)
- Victor Zuniga Dourado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6222-3555)
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Universidad de Los Andes (CO)
- Catholic University of the Maule (CL)
- University of Indonesia (ID)
- Finis Terrae University (CL)
- Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (AR)
- Universidad de Los Andes (BO)
- Department of Public Health (MM)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- Lown Institute (US)
- University of Chile (CL)
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata (AR)
- Universidad Católica del Uruguay (UY)
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-08-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-025-01664-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Physical Activity and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo