Health Promotion in Relation to Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity in the Era of Sars-Cov2 Pandemic

In the context of contemporary society, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has created a megatrend on a planetary scale that has dramatically changed the quality of daily life of the global population, with the first event in the history of humanity that can be considered a “total social fact” (Mauss: 1924). In addition, the crisis caused by COVID-19 and the lack of an organic vision has underlined the importance of a public health system that can respond to the complexity of its surrounding environment. Such complex needs make it necessary to provide complex and immediate answers. In fact, in addition to the direct damage caused by the virus, we have been able to record problems related to “secondary causes of COVID” such as changes in eating habits, sedentary behaviors, sports, and motor activities. The “secondary causes” identified here are interpreted as the possibility of increasing exposure to the risk of damage caused by the “imperfect storm” of the pandemic. Causes that worsen health, such as environmental and lifestyle, could also be recorded. These elements were recorded during and after the lockdown phases in most countries affected by COVID-19. Therefore, it is necessary to change harmful attitudes in both individual and public health to achieve the goal of a complete state of well-being and not just the absence of disease, which is by the UN Agenda 2030 and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Reflection requires an environment of consilience and an orchestration of science (Whewell 1840), which is also in line with the principle of the Prevent–Detect–Respond strategy (WHO: 2018). Specifically, transdisciplinary contributions related to the possibility of educating people towards a cultural change of lifestyle that can improve the population's quality on a universal scale are required.