Health
Study suggests strong link between obesity and COVID death rate – Al Jazeera English
COVID deaths about 10 times higher in countries where half or more of the population is overweight, new study finds.
The death rate from COVID-19 is about 10 times higher in countries where half or more of the population is overweight, according to a report by the World Obesity Federation.
The report released on Wednesday titled COVID-19 and Obesity: The 2021 Atlas has shown that being overweight is a highly significant predictor of developing complications from contracting COVID-19 such as hospitalisation, intensive care and mechanical ventilation, as well as being a predictor of death from the disease.
The researchers…
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