SINGAPORE: Adequate sleep, exercise and a good diet are the trio of lifestyle factors critical for optimal health and well-being. Mobility restrictions arising from COVID-19 upset routines related to all three.
This trend jumped a gear when the circuit breaker was announced. Face-to-face meetings were replaced by Zoom calls that started after 9am and ploughed on into the evening. While she saved about an hour on the morning commute to work and another going home, the time saved seemed to disappear into online meetings.Unlike her married colleagues with young children, who had to handle home schooling, Anna had fewer reasons not to be available for work calls.
A person like Anna made up about 50 per cent of about 1,000 participants in an ongoing population health study operated by the Singapore Health Promotion Board. Sleep patterns can be affected by unavoidable disruptions or unwise living habits. Most people are sleeping later but also getting up later during COVID-19.
With the circuit breaker, the hour recovered from not having to commute to work has resulted in persons being able to follow their body clock and to wake up significantly later.This modest sleep extension on weekdays may help offset the ill effects of sleeping later - increased risk of obesity, diabetes mellitus and cardiac events.
It may not appear so, given the increased numbers of people walking and jogging. However, for many working adults and school children, physical activity associated with commuting and moving around the office contributes a substantial number of total steps. These have not been fully replaced by recreational walking.
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