International Journal of Technology

  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Overweight Typically Managed by easy diet Planning-A Mini Review

1Faculty of Nutrition, Vivekananda Mission Seva Pratisthan, Ariadaha-700056, West Bengal, India

2P.G in Dietetics and Food Service Management, IGNOU, Behala-700060, West Bengal, India

Abstract

COVID-19 or Novel coronavirus disease nowadays is the biggest challenge to the people of all over the world, including India. So, the complete lockdown has been imposed from March 24th 2020 in India everywhere except the relaxations for emergency and essential services. Poor people are mostly affected due to de-growth of the economy in rural or semi-urban areas of India. City or urban people are confined at home having issues like budget management, online education or e-learning for children, medications for chronic diseases and necessary home-based exercise. Whatever the situations are but people have to manage their health condition, including weight control, indigestion, and overall health hazards to lead tensionless life during this crisis phases. Proper low-cost diet and simple home-based yoga cum related exercise can only help to cope up the situations without visiting doctors and nutritionist for consultations during these crucial days. Hence, the study reviewed and presented the impact of COVID-19 crisis on weight management issues and its probable solutions through easy diet planning being at home.

Keywords

Low-cost diet, Easy nutrition, Immunity-boosting diet, Home economics, Exercise, Lockdown