Global pandemics interconnected — obesity, impaired metabolic health and COVID-19
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Nature Reviews Endocrinology - This Review highlights how obesity and impaired metabolic health increase complications and mortality in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and summarizes the consequences of infection...
Obesity, particularly severe #obesity, is a strong and independent determinant of severe #COVID19 disease. Novel studies also suggest that visceral obesity increases the risk of complications. https://t.co/dxrLNRWI0a https://t.co/dxrLNRWI0a