Background : Lack of physical activity has negative effects on the human body. Therefore, this study investigated changes in physical activity and walking due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, targeting one metropolitan city.
Methods : Two years of data from one Metropolitan City community health survey after COVID-19 epidemic and the Ministry of Health and Welfare's physical activity guidelines and walking guidelines were used.
Results : After the COVID-19 outbreak, there was no significant change in the walking activity guideline compliance rate, but the physical activity guideline observation rate decreased significantly. The observation of physical activity guidelines was low in women than men, in office workers than in labor groups, and single-person household than multi-person households. The observation of walking guidelines was lower in women than men, in office workers rather than labor workers, in the '19-29 years old' group rather than the '40-' group, and 'high' than the 'low' household income group. the level of education in the 'University Graduation or higher' group than in the 'High School Graduation or Below' group.
Conclusions : It was revealed that the importance of physical activity and walking in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic and the emphasis should be subdivided in consideration of gender, age, and etc when promoting them.