Obesity emerges as risk factor for severe COVID-19 illness
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Advanced age has long been recognized as the leading risk factor for severe illness from COVID-19, but obesity—even among younger people—is emerging as a major concern. Ania Jastreboff, MD, PhD, a Yale Medicine endocrinologist and obesity medicine physician, says the evidence so far is worrisome. “We all know that older age is the greatest risk factor. But […]