|Videos|June 25, 2020

Obesity’s role in combating SARS-CoV-2

Author(s)Drew Boxler, Julia Wright, MD, Logan Lutton

Julia Wright, MD, explains that obesity, like other chronic conditions, could be a factor for worsened disease and that individuals suffering from obesity should take extra precautions to limit factors of contagion.

Comorbidities that complicate an individual’s response and recovery to an infection of SARS-CoV-2 are still varied and relatively unknown. Julia Wright, MD, explains that obesity, like other chronic conditions, could be a factor for worsened disease and that individuals suffering from obesity should take extra precautions to limit factors of contagion.

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