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Objective. To assess if body mass index (BMI) and high waist circumference (HWC) are associated with testing positive for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). Methods. 9,386 UK Biobank study participants tested for SARS‐CoV‐2 from March 16^th 2020 to June 29^th 2020 were analyzed. A forward model building approach was used to estimate adjusted risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Analyses were stratified by age due to a significant first‐order interaction between age and HWC. Results. Approximately 17% (n = 1,577) of participants tested positive for SARS‐CoV‐2. BMI category had a linear association with testing positive for SARS‐CoV‐2 among participants <65 years (RR = 1.09, 95% CI 1.02–1.17). For participants ≥65 years, only obesity class II (RR = 1.38, 95% CI 1.10–1.74) had a significantly greater risk of testing positive for SARS‐CoV‐2 …