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certain ethnicities, eg, Asians. 1 Asians often display lower cardiorespiratory fitness and …

Abstract The disease (COVID-19) novel coronavirus pandemic has so far infected millions
resulting in the death of over a million people as of Oct 2020. More than 90% of those …

The rapidly evolving global epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)(1), caused
by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), presents with …

Coronaviruses are constantly circulating in humans, causing common colds and mild
respiratory infections. In contrast, infection with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Emerging data suggest that obesity is a major risk factor for the progression of major
complications such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), cytokine storm and …

Obesity is an emerging independent risk factor for susceptibility to and severity of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), the worst pandemic in more than a century, has
claimed> 125,000 lives worldwide to date. Emerging predictors for poor outcomes include …

Besides advanced age and the presence of multiple comorbidities as major contributors to
increased risk of severe disease and fatal outcome from Severe Acute Respiratory …

Apart from posing various mechanical and medical issues compromising general health,
obesity is a major factor for respiratory tract infections, due to specific inflammation and …

Increased morbidity and mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in people with
obesity have illuminated the intersection of obesity with impaired responses to infections …