Effect of home physical exercise on obesity in social isolation period of Corona virus (COVID-۱۹) pandemic, Ethiopia

Introduction: The purpose of present study was to examine effect of home physical exercise on obesity in social isolation period of corona virus disease (COVID-۱۹) pandemic. Material & Methods: In this study, participants were a random sample of ۱۵۰ actively online friends from the entire social medias friends of totaling ۲۰۰ friends of the researcher. Data were collected in Ethiopia, between April ۱ and July ۱, ۲۰۲۰. A descriptive statistics was employed. Moreover, a paired sample t-test was used at level of significance set at ۰.۰۵ alpha to compare participant obesity before and during COVID-۱۹ pandemic. Results: The results indicated that, before pandemic ۷۸.۸ % of participants and during pandemic period ۸۷.۹% of participants had normal body weight. But there was variation of BMI. For instance before pandemic there were underweight subjects but during pandemic there was no a single individual in underweight category. The reason was majority participants gained ۱-۵ kg and some individuals gained ۶-۱۰kg of body weight during the COVID-۱۹ pandemic.  As the result of paired sample t-test analysis, BMI significantly increased after COVID-۱۹ (P=۰.۰۰۳). Conclusion: Based on the results, ۷۲.۸ % participants gained weight during pandemic because people minimized their time to exercise and eating too much without burring calories. Therefore, during COVID-۱۹ pandemic period, people should perform physical exercises regularly at home to avoid excessive body weight. 

کلیدواژه ها:

COVID-۱۹ ، Social Isolation ، Obesity ، Exercise ، weight gain