Health
EXPLAINER: How does being fatter increase severe COVID-19 risk? – Eyewitness News
Scientists are researching why people who are overweight or obese have an increased risk of getting more severely ill with COVID-19.
Scientists are researching why people who are overweight or obese have an increased risk of getting more severely ill with COVID-19.
LONDON – Evidence emerging around the world suggests that people who are overweight or obese are at increased risk of getting more severely ill with COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus.
Scientists are still learning about which specific mechanisms might explain this link, but they say some likely factors are:
- Obesity leads to fat a…
-
General19 hours agoFour escape injury after jumping from three-storey unit on fire in Newcastle
-
Noosa News18 hours agoGippsland vegetable farm accused of underpaying migrant workers
-
General23 hours agoDe-escalation skills, not guards, needed in Tasmanian hospitals, nurses’ union says
-
General10 hours agoMan refused bail charged with depicting Adolf Hitler and Nazi symbols on boat