Obesity: a problem in COVID-19 care
diabetes health care health services human diseases hypertension incidence infections morbidity mortality obesity pandemics man Homo Hominidae primates mammals vertebrates Chordata animals eukaryotes Coronavirus coronavirus disease 2019 high blood pressure death rate fatness
; 2020(Repertorio de Medicina y Cirugia)
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in Spanish
| WHO COVID | ID: covidwho-1436545
ABSTRACT
The world is currently going through one of the worst health crises secondary to infection by a new coronavirus with high transmissibility and mortality, which has impacted multiple aspects. It has been generally established that the severity of the infection is associated with advanced age and comorbidities such as hypertension and diabetes. On the other hand, obesity at this time represents one of the greatest threats in the health sector, due to its great relationship with morbidity and mortality at the cardiometabolic level, this entails a high cost of the disease. This article seeks to alert about what some experts have called the "shock of two pandemics", this given the increase in the prevalence of obesity worldwide, where our country is not exempt,.
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Spanish
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Diabetes health care health services human diseases hypertension incidence infections morbidity mortality obesity pandemics man Homo Hominidae primates mammals vertebrates Chordata animals eukaryotes Coronavirus coronavirus disease 2019 high blood pressure death rate fatness
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