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Weight stigma predicts emotional distress and binge eating during COVID-19
Source: Medical Xpress
Links between obesity and complications of COVID-19 have received increasing attention throughout the ongoing pandemic. But a different aspect of body weight—the social stigma that people face because of their weight—may also have harmful implications for people's health during the pandemic.
Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome Are Risk Factors for Severe Influenza, Covid-19
Source: Medical Xpress
Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of severe disease from viral infection, according to a review of the literature performed by a team of researchers from St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, both in Memphis. The research appears this week in the Journal of Virology, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology.
Obesity Is a Complex Disease – Is Your Doctor Treating It That Way?
Source: healthessentials
Obesity medicine takes an individualized approach
Why Is Obesity So Common in Covid-19 Patients?
Source: Medical Xpress
A hormone that connects the body's metabolism and immune response system may explain why COVID-19 is so dangerous for people with obesity.
Mental, physical health of people with obesity affected during COVID-19 pandemic
Source: Medical Xpress
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on people with obesity as they struggle to manage their weight and mental health during shelter-in-place orders, according to research led by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and UT Southwestern.