Physical Activity, Empowerment of the Immune System and Public Health: What We Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Overview

Journal Int J Environ Res Public Health

Publisher MDPI

Specialties Environmental Health
Public Health

Date 2022 Nov 11

PMID 36360716

Authors

Francisco Jose Gondim Pitanga

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Abstract

The importance of physical activity for the cardiovascular, metabolic and mental health systems with its repercussions for public health has been studied for some time, although further studies are needed due to the depletion of health services observed during the COVID-19 pandemic [...].

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