BOSTON — A healthy lifestyle could lower the risk of long COVID, according to Boston researchers who found that simple lifestyle changes like getting enough sleep could prevent long COVID symptoms.
Women who followed most aspects of a healthy lifestyle — healthy body weight, not smoking, regular exercise, adequate sleep, high quality diet, and moderate alcohol consumption — had about half the risk of long COVID compared to women without any healthy lifestyle factors, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
“With ongoing waves of COVID-19, long COVID has created a serious public health burden,” said Andrea Roberts, senior research scientist in the Department of Environmental Health and senior author of the study.
