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Obesity greatest risk factor for young adults with Covid-19 – Yahoo News Australia
Young adults with underlying conditions such as morbid obesity, diabetes and hypertension are at the highest risk of being placed on a ventilator or dying from Covid-19, according to a study of 3,000 hospitalized patients aged 18 to 34.
Young adults with underlying conditions such as morbid obesity, diabetes and hypertension are at the highest risk of being placed on a ventilator or dying from Covid-19, according to a study of 3,000 hospitalized patients aged 18 to 34.
The analysis, published Wednesday in the journal Jama Internal Medicine, focused on patients hospitalized between April and June in the United States.
It confirmed first and foremost that black and Hispanic people have been the worst affected by the pandemic: t…
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