Managing patients with obesity in the post COVID-19 world: Time to sharpen the saw

The clash of the dual pandemics – COVID-19 and obesity (Chua et al., 2020) [1], threatens to exponentially increase the rates of obesity, which is a risk factor for severe COVID-19 and death (Garg et al., 2020; Peng et al., 2020; Wu et al., 2020; Kass et al., 2020) [[2], [3], [4], [5]]. We need to urgently find solutions to halt this vicious circle. Where do we begin? Our patients – who are often our best teachers. In my clinical practice, I have observed disparate responses among my patients in response to the pandemic. This highlighted the importance of understanding the factors underlying motivation and provided important clues on what clinicians can do to help our patients create a virtuous circle towards positive health outcomes.