Obesity may increase risk of dying from COVID-19, especially in younger men
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-08-obesity-dying-covid-younger-men.html
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They found that patients in the highest weight group were four times as likely to die within 21 days of being diagnosed with COVID-19 as those in the normal weight group. Men and those younger than 60 years who had a high body weight were at particularly high risk for death
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Shucks: it was obvious to me months back about obesity & covid deaths. Guess it "takes" a medical journal article to "confirm" it. Guess covid just shortened the "time line" for those in that group.