# High prevalence of obesity in "severe" cases of covid-19

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**Created:** [April 11, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-prevalence-of-obesity-in-severe-cases-of-covid-19/851558 "2020-04-11T13:51:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tigers2B1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-prevalence-of-obesity-in-severe-cases-of-covid-19/851558/1 "2020-04-11T13:51:45Z")

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About 40% of the population in the United States is obese. Higher for blacks and Hispanics. No surprise that obesity leads to poor outcomes since it also tends to be associated with diabetes and hypertension.

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[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/oby.22831](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/oby.22831)

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**Author:** ![Tigers2B1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tigers2B1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tigers2B1)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-prevalence-of-obesity-in-severe-cases-of-covid-19/851558/2 "2020-04-11T16:20:39Z")

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Another obesity and covid-19 study published in the Lancet. Same findings as the one above.

> **[Obesity and COVID-19 Severity in a Designated Hospital in Shenzhen, China](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3556658)**
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> Background: Patients with obesity are at increased risk of exacerbations from viral respiratory infections. However, the association of obesity with severity of