Obesity

1 INTRODUCTION For persons with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), there appears to be a strong relationship between being an individual with overweight or obesity and the risks of hospitalization and needing treatment in intensive care units (ICUs). Emerging literature suggests that adults with obesity under…

Obesity is not an independent risk for women, according to a new study, perhaps because their fat is distributed differently.Medical workers prepared to transport the body of a patient who died of Covid-19 at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston.Credit...Go Nakamura/Getty ImagesAug. 14, 2020The coronavirus has been an unpredictable foe from the start. It…

In Canada, obesity will no longer be determined by weight alone - CNN

More than 150,000 people in the United States — nearly 4,000 of them in Georgia — have died from COVID-19, making the need for a vaccine urgent.ExploreCoronavirus in Georgia: COVID-19 dashboardResearchers from Emory University are working with a team to create a COVID-19 vaccine. Although their vaccine has showed positive results, more work is needed…

New obesity guidelines shift focus to root causes instead of weight loss - YouTube