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Obese persons are an estimated one third more likely to get COVID infections --study

Wed, 2024-08-28 09:59 — mike kraft

Obesity raises risk of COVID infection by 34%, study estimates Obese patients exposed to SARS-CoV-2 are 34% more likely to be infected than their non-obese counterparts, indicating that obesity is an important risk factor for COVID-19 disease and transmission, a study of more than 72,000 patients seen at Brigham and Women's Hospital suggests. CIDRAP

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