Are African American and Hispanics Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19 Because of Higher Obesity Rates?

On March 13, 2020 the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Shortly after that, it was reported that mortality rates in New York City (NYC), the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, were found to be significantly higher in African American and Hispanics. The aim of this manuscript is to evaluate the mortality rates in NYC among the different ethnic groups and the different boroughs as it relates to the obesity rates to see whether this issue merits further evaluation.

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - May 9, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Maher El Chaar, Keith King, Alvaro Galvez Tags: Original articles Source Type: research