The quintuple penalty of obese patients in the COVID-19 pandemic

Since it broke out four months ago, the COVID-19 pandemic has strongly impacted on medical practice worldwide. After spreading from China, COVID-19 has claimed an increasing number of victims among whom persons with obesity are overrepresented. We do not know whether persons with obesity are more exposed to the pandemic than others. We do know that during the H1N1 epidemic, obesity was a major risk factor for severe forms of infection needing hospitalization in intensive care or with fatal outcome [1].
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research