Key result
Obesity is linked to high COVID-19 mortality risk and complicates clinical management.
Why the study?
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major deaths worldwide, with obesity identified as a risk factor contributing to high mortality, necessitating discussion of their relationship and management.
Does obesity increase mortality risk in patients with COVID-19?
Does obesity increase mortality risk in patients with COVID-19?
This review highlights obesity as a significant risk factor for high mortality in patients with COVID-19.
Obesity may elevate COVID-19 mortality risk; leaves open prospective trials to guide targeted management.
COVID-19 has been declared by WHO as a pandemic since March 2020. The pandemic has caused major deaths in the world and has become the candidate for the third largest pandemic in history after the Black Death pandemic and the Spanish Flu pandemic. Many conditions have made the deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic become large, including collision with the obesity epidemic. The aim of this literature review is to discuss the relationship between obesity as a risk factor for high mortality COVID-19 and its management.
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Dian Hasanah (2021) conducted a review in COVID-19 and Obesity. Obesity was evaluated on High mortality COVID-19. This literature review discusses the relationship between obesity as a risk factor for high mortality in COVID-19 and its management.
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