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Holistic Approach during a Pandemic for Healthy Well-Being


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1 Department of Clinical Epidemiology Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India
2 Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India
3 Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India
4 Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India
5 Department of Food and Nutrition, Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi - 110 021, India
     

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Currently, the entire globe is facing a pandemic ‘COVID-19’ and the numbers are rising exponentially. Unfortunately, along with the triple burden of malnutrition and many non-communicable diseases, Corona virus has knocked India’s door. As it is don’t know for how long this battle will continue, the present review is an attempt to highlight the importance of non-pharmacological approaches like a balanced diet, stress management, adequate sleep and physical activity to build up a strong immune system, as it reduces the complications in individuals who are already at nutritional risk and might get exposed to the infection. Globally, scientists are working to find potential vaccines to combat COVID-19, meanwhile,it must utilize this time window in building our immunity by adopting a healthy dietary and other lifestyle measures. Hence, it is the need of the hour to build up immunity by adopting a holistic approach as there is no nutritional magic pill, which can boost immunity instantly.

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Pandemic, Balanced Diet, Stress, Exercise, Sleep.
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Authors

Dimple Rawat
Department of Clinical Epidemiology Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India
Arti Gulati
Department of Clinical Epidemiology Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India
Namrata Singh
Department of Gastroenterology and Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India
Naval K. Vikram
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India
Amit Kumar
Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110 029, India
Anshu Sharma
Department of Food and Nutrition, Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi - 110 021, India

Abstract


Currently, the entire globe is facing a pandemic ‘COVID-19’ and the numbers are rising exponentially. Unfortunately, along with the triple burden of malnutrition and many non-communicable diseases, Corona virus has knocked India’s door. As it is don’t know for how long this battle will continue, the present review is an attempt to highlight the importance of non-pharmacological approaches like a balanced diet, stress management, adequate sleep and physical activity to build up a strong immune system, as it reduces the complications in individuals who are already at nutritional risk and might get exposed to the infection. Globally, scientists are working to find potential vaccines to combat COVID-19, meanwhile,it must utilize this time window in building our immunity by adopting a healthy dietary and other lifestyle measures. Hence, it is the need of the hour to build up immunity by adopting a holistic approach as there is no nutritional magic pill, which can boost immunity instantly.

Keywords


Pandemic, Balanced Diet, Stress, Exercise, Sleep.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21048/ijnd.2020.57.3.25459