The high prevalence of obesity and obesity-related comorbidities has reached pandemic
proportions, particularly in Western countries. Obesity increases the risk to develop several …

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has recently led to
worldwide research efforts to identify subjects at greater risk of developing more severe …

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 …

The global COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic has become a complex
problem that overlaps with a growing public health problem, obesity. Obesity alters different …

Besides advanced age and the presence of multiple comorbidities as major contributors to
increased risk of severe disease and fatal outcome from Severe Acute Respiratory …

Purpose The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is an emerging pandemic, with a disease
course varying from asymptomatic infection to critical disease resulting to death. Recognition …

COVID‐19 crisis has lasted since the late 2019 to the present day. The severity of the
disease is positively correlated with several factors, such as age and coexisting diseases …

Background Obesity is common in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The
effects of obesity on clinical outcomes of COVID-19 warrant systematical investigation …

Emerging data suggest that obesity is a major risk factor for the progression of major
complications such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), cytokine storm and …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread around the globe,
infecting more than ten million individuals, with more than 500,000 dead; about one half of …