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Obesity linked to COVID-19 deaths: report – Collie Mail
Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 deaths could have been avoided if the obesity epidemic had been tackled, the World Obesity Federation says. Obesity has been……
Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 deaths could have been avoided if the obesity epidemic had been tackled, the World Obesity Federation says.
Obesity has been linked to a higher risk of severe COVID-19 and death from the disease, and a World Obesity Federation report claims that about nine in 10 COVID-19 deaths have occurred in countries with high obesity rates.
This includes the UK, which has the third-highest COVID death rate in the world and the fourth-highest obesity rate.
The report, which…
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