covid-19/obesity

The SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic has led to worldwide research aiming to identify the risk factors for developing critical illness and mortality caused by COVID‐19. It quickly became apparent that besides older age, obesity is one of the most important risk factors for a more severe course of COVID‐19,

The current coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presents a huge challenge for health-care systems worldwide. Many different risk factors are associated with disease severity, such as older age, diabetes, hypertension, and most recently obesity. The incidence of obesity has been on the rise

Purpose: To describe the trajectory of respiratory failure in COVID-19 and explore factors associated with risk of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Materials and methods:

In March of 2020, the World Health Organization declared the SARS-Cov2 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic after documenting community scale transmission in every region, including Latin America. The risk factors associated with severity of disease include older age, diabetes, hypertension,

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic disease, originated in Wuhan City, China. It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its biology is still poorly understood. Currently, there are no vaccines and drugs/or agents that can reduce severity of

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have long been identified to have an elevated serum level of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the cellular entry receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The newest discoveries by Higham et al. (1)

In early December 2019, in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, China, the first infections by a novel coronavirus were reported. Since then, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been spreading to other cities and countries becoming the global emerging epidemiological

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has a great impact worldwide, being Spain one of the most affected countries. The delay in bariatric surgery can have fatal consequences since up to 50% of the patients who are on the waiting list develop a new comorbidity during the time they remain on it and 1.5% of

Obesity is a chronic disease that causes and aggravates several other diseases, and early reports suggest it is an important risk factor for COVID-19 severity. Although a deeper understanding of this relationship is vital, it is also important to inform the general public about the risks and,

As the city of Detroit raids itself of deaths by shifting from homicides, COVID-19 infection continues to harrow the city with more deaths. From March 19 to May 15, more Detroiters died in 2 months than were killed in 2 years of city homicides. African Americans or Blacks (highest-risk phenotypes)

Obesity remains one of the world's most challenging pandemics. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia carries one of the highest burdens of obesity with a prevalence of 35 %. Unfortunately, . COVID-19 has arisen as an added challenge shifting focus and valuable resources to managing this emerging threat. In

We have read with great interest the prospective cohort study published by Czernichow et al ¹ , wherein they found that obesity doubles mortality in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), using as an indicator anthropometric, the body mass index (BMI). Despite BMI

Obesity has been recognized as an independent risk factor in other viral infections such as H1N1 (1). Although data are scarce at this stage, there is also an unexplained increased prevalence of obesity in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 admitted to the intensive care units (ICU) (2).

Initial observations showed that people with chronic noncommunicable diseases were at heightened risk of severe COVID-19 and adverse outcomes. Subsequently, data from various countries have revealed obesity as an independent and significant factor, with people who are overweight/have obesity

Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses the Prime Minister's personal campaign to reduce the impact of COVID-19 by addressing rising levels of obesity in society.