Obesity is a common and serious disease that puts people at risk for many other serious diseases and increases the risk of severe illness from COVID-19. A study of COVID-19 cases shows that hospitalizations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, need for ventilators, and deaths are higher with a higher body mass index (BMI). A higher …
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