Obesity is one of the foremost risk factors in coronavirus infection resulting in severe illness
and mortality as the pandemic progresses. Obesity is a well-known predisposed chronic …

Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and lung
disease. These diseases are the most commonly reported health conditions that predispose …

The recent pandemic Sars-CoV2 infection and studies on previous influenza epidemic have
drawn attention to the association between the obesity and infectious diseases susceptibility …

Excessive monocyte activation with the development of excessive or uncontrolled release of
proinflammatory cytokines often results in host tissue injury and even death in patients with …

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 …

Obesity is a risk factor for SARS-CoV-2 infected patients to develop respiratory failure. Leptin
produced in visceral fat might play a role in the deterioration to mechanical ventilation. A …

Obesity has been recognized as an independent risk factor for critical illness and major
severity in subjects with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The role of fat distribution …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has proven
a challenge to healthcare systems since its first appearance in late 2019. The global spread …

On December 12, 2019 a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, China,
triggering a pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome in humans (COVID-19). Today …

Recent reports have shown a strong association between obesity and the severity of COVID-
19 infection, even in the absence of other comorbidities. After infecting the host cells, severe …