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Will the COVID-19 pandemic worsen the obesity epidemic?

The sudden outbreak and global spread of COVID-19 represents one of the most profound societal and public health challenges in modern times. In this Comment, we call attention to the possibility that the societal strategies implemented to oppose COVID-19 might have long-term, negative effects on the...

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Autores principales: Clemmensen, Christoffer, Petersen, Michael Bang, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7342551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32641837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41574-020-0387-z
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spelling pubmed-73425512020-07-09 Will the COVID-19 pandemic worsen the obesity epidemic? Clemmensen, Christoffer Petersen, Michael Bang Sørensen, Thorkild I. A. Nat Rev Endocrinol Comment The sudden outbreak and global spread of COVID-19 represents one of the most profound societal and public health challenges in modern times. In this Comment, we call attention to the possibility that the societal strategies implemented to oppose COVID-19 might have long-term, negative effects on the obesity epidemic. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-07-08 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7342551/ /pubmed/32641837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41574-020-0387-z Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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