COVID‐19 and obesity
115 Citations•2020•
Nick Finer, Sarah P. Garnett, Jens Meldgaard Bruun
Evidence is clear that those with obesity, and particularly its complications, such as diabetes and hypertension, may be more liable to develop a more serious illness, requiring hospital admission and probably invasive ventilation.
Abstract
As this issue of Clinical Obesity goes to press, the world is reeling from the health, economic and social impact of the global pandemic of COVID‐19 (the disease) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). It is becoming clear that several factors put people living with obesity at greater risk of the disease.