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Obesity: A critical risk factor in the COVID‐19 pandemic – Wiley

Obesity is an emerging independent risk factor for susceptibility to and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). Pr…

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1 INTRODUCTION
Obesity, a known risk factor for respiratory infection, is increasingly being recognized as a predisposing factor in the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus2 (SARSCoV2).1 This has important implications on global health as excess weight, usually represented by a raised body mass index (BMI), affects vast numbers of people worldwide: 39% of adults are overweight (BMI 25.0 to 29.9 kg/m2) and 13% have clinic…

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