Individuals with obesity and COVID‐19: a global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships

BM Popkin, S Du, WD Green, MA Beck… - Obesity …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The linkage of individuals with obesity and COVID‐19 is controversial and lacks systematic
reviews. After a systematic search of the Chinese and English language literature on COVID …

Understanding the co-epidemic of obesity and COVID-19: current evidence, comparison with previous epidemics, mechanisms, and preventive and therapeutic …

M Dalamaga, GS Christodoulatos, I Karampela… - Current obesity …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of Review A growing body of evidence suggests that obesity and increased visceral
adiposity are strongly and independently linked to adverse outcomes and death due to …

Obesity aggravates COVID‐19: an updated systematic review and meta‐analysis

J Yang, C Tian, Y Chen, C Zhu… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This review aimed to evaluate the impact of obesity on the onset, exacerbation, and mortality
of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19); and compare the effects of different degrees of …

Obesity is associated with severe disease and mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a meta-analysis

Z Cai, Y Yang, J Zhang - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to global
research to predict those who are at greatest risk of developing severe disease and …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of obesity and COVID-19 outcomes

X Zhang, AM Lewis, JR Moley, JR Brestoff - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Some studies report that obesity is associated with more severe symptoms following SARS-
CoV-2 infection and worse COVID-19 outcomes, however many other studies have not …

Obesity as a risk factor for severe COVID-19 and complications: a review

F Demeulemeester, K de Punder, M van Heijningen… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Obesity aggravates COVID‐19: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

J Yang, J Hu, C Zhu - Journal of medical virology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity and COVID‐19 are both worldwide epidemics now. There may be some potential
relationships between them, but little is known. This study was done to explore this …

A meta-analysis of the association between obesity and COVID-19

J Yang, ZY Ma, YC Lei - Epidemiology & Infection, 2021 - cambridge.org
Owing to limited data, we conducted a meta-analysis to re-evaluate the relationship between
obesity and coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19). Literature published between 1 January 2020 …

Obesity and mortality among patients diagnosed with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

TN Poly, MM Islam, HC Yang, MC Lin, WS Jian… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already raised serious concern globally as the
number of confirmed or suspected cases have increased rapidly. Epidemiological studies …

The negative impact of obesity on the occurrence and prognosis of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

T Raeisi, H Mozaffari, N Sepehri, M Darand… - Eating and Weight …, 2021 - Springer
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 …