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“I am terrified of something happening to me” The lived experience of people with obesity during the COVID‐19 pandemic – Wiley
Obesity is emerging as a risk factor for COVID‐19 disease severity. The impact of the pandemic and knowledge of obesity as a risk factor on the lived experience of people with obesity is not fully un…

What is already known about this subject
- A body mass index above 40kg/m2 is emerging as an independent risk factor for COVID19 complications.
- This is one of the first studies examining the lived experience of people with obesity during the COVID19 pandemic.
- Adverse psychosocial responses have been captured in healthcare workers and the general population in China.
What this study adds
- People with obesity are responding heterogeneously to the pandem…
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