Understanding the Co-Epidemic of Obesity and COVID-19: Current Evidence, Comparison with Previous Epidemics, Mechanisms, and Preventive and Therapeutic Perspectives

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: A growing body of evidence suggests that obesity and increased visceral adiposity are strongly and independently linked to adverse outcomes and death due to COVID-19. This review summarizes current epidemiologic data, highlights pathogenetic mechanisms on the association between e...

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Autores principales: Dalamaga, Maria, Christodoulatos, Gerasimos Socrates, Karampela, Irene, Vallianou, Natalia, Apovian, Caroline M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
Materias:
Metabolism (M Dalamaga, Section Editor)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8080486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33909265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13679-021-00436-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8080486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33909265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13679-021-00436-y

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