Researchers Find Obesity Appears To Raise COVID-19 Risk

reported that a new letter published in Clinical Infectious Diseases “from researchers at New York University shows that obesity is a risk factor for COVID-19 hospitalization in patients under the age of 60.” For the study, “researchers looked at 3,615 patients admitted to their hospital from Mar 4 to Apr 4.” They found “patients aged less than 60 years with a BMI from 30 to 34 were 2.0 times...and 1.8 times...more likely to be admitted to acute and critical care, respectively...compared with individuals with a BMI under 30.” Meanwhile, “for patients in the same age-group with a BMI over 35, the risk was 2.2 and 3.6 times higher, respectively” https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/new-york-obesity-appears-raise-covid-19-risk