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COVID death rates a staggering 10 times higher in countries with high obesity | TheHill – The Hill
New research suggests a significant correlation when controlling for differences in nations.
The risk of a fatal COVID-19 infection is significantly higher in countries that have a sizable obese population, according to a new study.
Conducted by the World Obesity Federation, researchers analyzed COVID-19 mortality data sourced from Johns Hopkins University and the World Health Organization (WHO).
This data reflected COVID-19 patient outcomes across 160 countries, and revealed a troubling figure: of the 2.5 million COVID-19 deaths reported as of February 2021, 2.2 million were in countries…
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