Journal of Obesity & Eating Disorders

COVID-19 is more deadly in people with obesity.

COVID-19 pandemic challenges all over the world enormously. People with obesity are more likely than normal-weight people to have other diseases that are independent risk factors for severe COVID-19 disease, including lung illness, heart failures and diabetes. They are also prone to metabolic syndrome, in which blood glucose levels, fat levels, or both are unhealthy and blood pressure may increase[3]. ”BMI remains a strong independent risk factor” for severe COVID-19, according to several studies that adjusted for age, sex, social class, diabetes, and heart conditions.

Author(s):

Monica Austen

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