Study of Covid-19 Prevention: Diet and Physical Activity During Large-Scale Social Restrictions in West Sumatera

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10.2991/ahsr.k.201125.053How to use a DOI?

Keywords

COVID-19, diet, physical activity, PSBB

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease or known as COVID-19 is currently a global health problem. COVID-19 is a new disease caused by a virus called Sars-Cov-2. The first case in West Sumatera Province was reported on March 18, 2020. As of May 2, 2020, total of 182 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in West Sumatera Province. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has issued Government Regulation Number 21 of 2020 concerning Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) in the framework of the Acceleration of Handling COVID-19. Therefore this study aims to determine dietary pattern and physical activity of the people in West Sumatera during the PSBB during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. This research is a quantitative study using survey approach. The results showed that more than half of the respondents sometimes eat snacks every day. Nearly half of the respondents consumed fresh food every day, sometimes consumed processed food the last few days, ate side dishes containing animal protein, and sometimes ate more portions during PSBB. The physical activities that are often carried out by respondents during the PSBB are washing / cooking / sweeping / mopping, walking, aerobics, playing video games, gardening and other physical activity. It is recommended that people maintain a balanced diet and regularly carry out physical activities, especially during this pandemic.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yeffi Masnarivan
AU  - Arinil Haq
AU  - Anggela Pradiva Putri
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/25
TI  - Study of Covid-19 Prevention: Diet and Physical Activity During Large-Scale Social Restrictions in West Sumatera
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference of Health Development. Covid-19 and the Role of Healthcare Workers in the Industrial Era (ICHD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 304
EP  - 309
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.201125.053
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.201125.053
ID  - Masnarivan2020
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