[HTML][HTML] Obesity and impaired metabolic health in patients with COVID-19

N Stefan, AL Birkenfeld, MB Schulze… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Preliminary data suggest that people with obesity are at increased risk of severe COVID-19.
However, as data on metabolic parameters (such as BMI and levels of glucose and insulin) …

[HTML][HTML] Association of obesity with COVID-19 severity and mortality: an updated systemic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression

R Singh, SS Rathore, H Khan, S Karale… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Obesity affects the course of critical illnesses. We aimed to estimate the
association of obesity with the severity and mortality in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity in COVID-19 era, implications for mechanisms, comorbidities, and prognosis: a review and meta-analysis

SMM Aghili, M Ebrahimpur, B Arjmand… - International journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background Recent studies have shown that obesity is associated with the severity of
coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We reviewed clinical studies to clarify the obesity …

Factors leading to high morbidity and mortality of COVID‐19 in patients with type 2 diabetes

A Rajpal, L Rahimi, F Ismail‐Beigi - Journal of diabetes, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a recent pandemic caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), a novel coronavirus. Diabetes …

Obesity, malnutrition, and trace element deficiency in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: an overview

D Fedele, A De Francesco, S Riso, A Collo - Nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
The world is currently facing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic which places
great pressure on health care systems and workers, often presents with severe clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Obesity and mortality among patients diagnosed with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

TN Poly, MM Islam, HC Yang, MC Lin, WS Jian… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already raised serious concern globally as the
number of confirmed or suspected cases have increased rapidly. Epidemiological studies …

Obesity prolongs the hospital stay in patients affected by COVID-19, and may impact on SARS-COV-2 shedding

D Moriconi, S Masi, E Rebelos, A Virdis… - Obesity research & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction On the last three months the new SARS-COV-2 coronavirus has created a
pandemic, rapidly spreading all around the world. The aim of the study is to investigate …

A novel risk factor for a novel virus: obesity and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)

JK Louie, M Acosta, MC Samuel… - Clinical Infectious …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. Many critically ill patients with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)(2009 H1N1)
infection were noted to be obese, but whether obesity, rather than its associated co …

Obesity and respiratory diseases

C Zammit, H Liddicoat, I Moonsie… - International journal of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The obesity epidemic is a global problem, which is set to increase over time. However, the
effects of obesity on the respiratory system are often underappreciated. In this review, we will …

[HTML][HTML] Prevention of overweight and obesity: how effective is the current public health approach

RSM Chan, J Woo - International journal of environmental research and …, 2010 - mdpi.com
Obesity is a public health problem that has become epidemic worldwide. Substantial
literature has emerged to show that overweight and obesity are major causes of co …