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Obesity: A potential risk factor for infection and mortality in the current COVID-19 epidemic.
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- The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on snacking habits, fast-food and alcohol consumption: A systematic review of the evidence.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown on body weight: A combined systematic review and a meta-analysis.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Pooled it
- Impaired Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21) Associated with Visceral Adiposity Leads to Insulin Resistance: The Core Defect in Diabetes Mellitus.Current diabetes reviews · 2025Review
- Outcomes of the combined lifestyle intervention CooL during COVID-19: a descriptive case series study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association of body mass index with COVID-19-related neurologic sequelae: a retrospective cohort study.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2023Article
- Application of Health Belief Model to Assess Predictors of Weight Management Behaviour Intention Among Civil Servants in Ethiopia: A Mixed Method Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023Article
- Assessment of determining factors for severity of NeoCOVIDiabetes in India: A pan India multicentric retrospective study.Diabetes & metabolic syndrome · 2023Article
- Syndromic surveillance of respiratory-tract infections and hand hygiene practice among pilgrims attended Hajj in 2021: a cohort study.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Cardiorespiratory fitness levels and body mass index of pre-adolescent children and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Population vitamin D status might be related to COVID-19 mortality but not with infection rate in Africa: evidence from ecological analysis.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Post-COVID-19 syndrome and type 2 diabetes: Primacy of exercise in prevention and management.Diabetes & metabolic syndrome · 2022Article
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- Physical activity may mitigate COVID-19 infections in people with obesity: A call to action.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Article
- HealthyLIFE, a Combined Lifestyle Intervention for Overweight and Obese Adults: A Descriptive Case Series Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Association between Obesity and COVID-19 Mortality in Peru: An Ecological Study.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2021Article
- High fecal calprotectin levels are associated with SARS-CoV-2 intestinal shedding in COVID-19 patients: A proof-of-concept study.World journal of gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Changes in Eating Habits and Lifestyles in a Peruvian Population during Social Isolation for the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2021Article
- Cytokine Profiles Associated With Worse Prognosis in a Hospitalized Peruvian COVID-19 Cohort.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Article
- Poor Metabolic Health Increases COVID-19-Related Mortality in the UK Biobank Sample.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Article
- Heterogeneity in presentation of hyperglycaemia during COVID-19 pandemic: A proposed classification.Diabetes & metabolic syndromeReview
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsCOVID-19 is an ongoing global pandemic, affecting nearly 35 million people from 214 countries as at September 30, 2020 and emerging evidence suggests that obesity is a potential risk factor for communicable diseases, including viral infections. Therefore, we investigated the relationship between obesity prevalence of the total adult population and COVID-19 infection and mortality rates, in different countries.
methodsA total of 54 countries from six continents were selected. Country-specific obesity prevalence data were retrieved from the latest non-communicable diseases profiles released by the Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Health Cluster of World Health Organization, while the real time statistics from the Worldometer website were used to extract data on COVID-19 infections and mortality per million of the total population as of September 30, 2020.
resultsObesity prevalence data ranged from 2.0% (Vietnam) to 35.0% (Saudi Arabia). Among the selected countries, the highest number of COVID-19 cases per million was documented in Qatar (n = 44,789) while the lowest was reported from Vietnam (n = 11). Highest mortality per million population due to COVID-19 infections occurred in Peru (n = 981), in contrast with the smallest number reported in Mongolia (n = 0). A significant positive correlation (r = 0.46; p < 0.001) was observed between the total number of COVID-19 infections and the prevalence of obesity. COVID-19 mortality was also significantly correlated (r = 0.34; p < 0.05) with the prevalence of obesity.
conclusionsObesity prevalence in each country was significantly associated with both infection and mortality rate of COVID-19.
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