Obesity increases risk of COVID-19 death by 48%

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An analysis of thousands of patients treated at a Southern California health system identified extreme obesity as an independent risk factor for dying among Covid-19 patients — most strikingly, among younger and middle-aged adults 60 and younger, and particularly among men.
Source : New York Times

Medicine

Obesity increases risk of COVID-19 death by 48%

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