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Friday, Oct. 29, 2021

Did CDC advise exercise, healthy food against COVID-19?

Christiana Dillard, Lead Stories

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The agency has not directly recommended those lifestyle choices as preventative measures against COVID-19. However, it has published numerous resources about building immunity against other infectious diseases and about the benefits of healthy eating and exercise overall.

Perhaps the CDC's largest effort in promoting exercise and healthy eating is its Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, which warns that both adults and children with excess weight are at even greater risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially of being hospitalized.

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