Sedentary Lifestyle Due to COVID: Weight Gain and How It Can Compromise the Immune System While Staying Home

Due to COVID-19, most people are exercising Social Distancing, forcing them to remain indoors. People sit around for most of the day and hardly do any exercise. Kicking back on the couch and watching TV seems easier than getting up and working out.
 

Working-age individuals of all ages are gradually slipping into a sedentary lifestyle. Especially individuals working from home and must spend more time behind a desk for most of the day. Maintaining an active healthy lifestyle involves more than hitting the gym or taking a walk for a few hours a day.
 

Every day, more people are becoming lax in watching their diets. Overconsumption of calorie-dense foods like refined carbohydrates is now on the high. Such a diet can negatively impact the metabolism and stimulate addiction mechanisms which can lead to weight gain.
 

Living an inactive life means one does not burn as many calories as someone living a more active and healthier lifestyle. Consequently, an individual may develop issues such as overeating, eating too quickly, inadequate sleep, and psychological stress. All of which is a slippery slope toward weight gain. A person living such a lifestyle will struggle to lose weight.

 

Correlation Between Weight Gain and Diseases

Studies have shown a correlation between weight gain and diseases such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver, sleep apnea, diabetes, and cancer. Have you taken a moment to think of how weight gain could compromise your immune function while staying at home? Studies show that humans affected by weight gain have impaired immune function, which increases the chances of contracting other infections and diseases.
 

Gaining body weight and body fat at an alarming rate puts you at risk of lowered immune function. An individual who gains weight at an alarming rate can experience:
 

· Reduced natural killer cell function.

· Decreased production of cytokine.

· Lymphocyte and monocyte function alteration.

· Diminished response to mitogen/antigen stimulus.

· Reduced macrophage and dendritic cell function.
 

Weight gain and obesity are very complex and do alter many bodily processes. These processes could cause weight gain and lead to decreased immunity.

 

Diseases Associated With Weight Gain

Research shows that people affected by weight gain are more susceptible to diseases like pneumonia, bacteremia, sepsis, and wound infections. In general, weight gain can put an individual at a higher risk of viral and bacterial infections. This is the reason it is vital to check what you eat and do more exercise often.

 

Take Advantage of Your Stay at Home to Get in Shape

Now more than ever is the time to improve your overall well-being. If you have gained weight within the period you have been in lockdown, do not fret. Apart from exercising, by following our customized physician guided program, you can safely and effectively lose inches, tone, and tighten along with additional health benefits!
 

At Sarasota Laser Lipo, we remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic to serve our patients who need care. We are following the CDC guidelines to ensure we observe all safety precautions to minimize the transfer of the disease.

 

If you are looking to lose weight, we perform noninvasive weight loss procedures to ensure you get back on your feet in no time. For more information about our services, do not hesitate to call us at 941-241-0500.