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Unveiling the Path to Resilience: Prioritizing Mental Health, Sleep, and Nutrition in the Post-COVID Era
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted daily life, impacting relationships, work, and education. This has led to increased stress, anxiety, and depression, along with altered sleep patterns and eating behaviors. Quarantine and isolation have worsened mental health, especially in children and the elderl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10487180/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37685496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11172463 |
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author | Ramalho, Susana Martins-Mendes, Daniela Macedo, José Mário Barros, Carla Luis, Carla Sá, Sara Gestoso, Álvaro Pereira, Ana Cláudia Baylina, Pilar Fernandes, Rúben |
author_facet | Ramalho, Susana Martins-Mendes, Daniela Macedo, José Mário Barros, Carla Luis, Carla Sá, Sara Gestoso, Álvaro Pereira, Ana Cláudia Baylina, Pilar Fernandes, Rúben |
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description | The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted daily life, impacting relationships, work, and education. This has led to increased stress, anxiety, and depression, along with altered sleep patterns and eating behaviors. Quarantine and isolation have worsened mental health, especially in children and the elderly, due to the loss of activities and physical contact. Sleep disorders and negative dreams perpetuate poor sleep quality, increasing the risk of health issues. Sedentary lifestyles and emotional effects contribute to unhealthy eating patterns and obesity, exacerbated by disrupted routines and limited outdoor activities. Addressing these challenges requires prioritizing mental health, promoting healthy sleep habits, and addressing obesity factors. The pandemic has profoundly affected human well-being, but resilience, mental health, sleep, and nutrition can enhance overall well-being and adaptability in the post-COVID era. This comprehensive opinion aims to raise awareness of the wide-ranging impacts of this pandemic on various aspects of human well-being and to emphasize the importance of implementing strategies that prioritize mental health, improve sleep habits, address eating behaviors, and foster resilience to navigate and thrive in the face of future challenges. |
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spelling | pubmed-104871802023-09-09 Unveiling the Path to Resilience: Prioritizing Mental Health, Sleep, and Nutrition in the Post-COVID Era Ramalho, Susana Martins-Mendes, Daniela Macedo, José Mário Barros, Carla Luis, Carla Sá, Sara Gestoso, Álvaro Pereira, Ana Cláudia Baylina, Pilar Fernandes, Rúben Healthcare (Basel) Opinion The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted daily life, impacting relationships, work, and education. This has led to increased stress, anxiety, and depression, along with altered sleep patterns and eating behaviors. Quarantine and isolation have worsened mental health, especially in children and the elderly, due to the loss of activities and physical contact. Sleep disorders and negative dreams perpetuate poor sleep quality, increasing the risk of health issues. Sedentary lifestyles and emotional effects contribute to unhealthy eating patterns and obesity, exacerbated by disrupted routines and limited outdoor activities. Addressing these challenges requires prioritizing mental health, promoting healthy sleep habits, and addressing obesity factors. The pandemic has profoundly affected human well-being, but resilience, mental health, sleep, and nutrition can enhance overall well-being and adaptability in the post-COVID era. This comprehensive opinion aims to raise awareness of the wide-ranging impacts of this pandemic on various aspects of human well-being and to emphasize the importance of implementing strategies that prioritize mental health, improve sleep habits, address eating behaviors, and foster resilience to navigate and thrive in the face of future challenges. MDPI 2023-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10487180/ /pubmed/37685496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11172463 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Opinion Ramalho, Susana Martins-Mendes, Daniela Macedo, José Mário Barros, Carla Luis, Carla Sá, Sara Gestoso, Álvaro Pereira, Ana Cláudia Baylina, Pilar Fernandes, Rúben Unveiling the Path to Resilience: Prioritizing Mental Health, Sleep, and Nutrition in the Post-COVID Era |
title | Unveiling the Path to Resilience: Prioritizing Mental Health, Sleep, and Nutrition in the Post-COVID Era |
title_full | Unveiling the Path to Resilience: Prioritizing Mental Health, Sleep, and Nutrition in the Post-COVID Era |
title_fullStr | Unveiling the Path to Resilience: Prioritizing Mental Health, Sleep, and Nutrition in the Post-COVID Era |
title_full_unstemmed | Unveiling the Path to Resilience: Prioritizing Mental Health, Sleep, and Nutrition in the Post-COVID Era |
title_short | Unveiling the Path to Resilience: Prioritizing Mental Health, Sleep, and Nutrition in the Post-COVID Era |
title_sort | unveiling the path to resilience: prioritizing mental health, sleep, and nutrition in the post-covid era |
topic | Opinion |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10487180/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37685496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11172463 |
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