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Comment
. 2020 Aug;28(8):1371-1373.
doi: 10.1002/oby.22883. Epub 2020 Jul 6.

There is a Relationship Between Obesity and Coronavirus Disease 2019 but More Information is Needed

Silvio Buscemi  1   2 , Carola Buscemi  3 , John A Batsis  4
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Comment

There is a Relationship Between Obesity and Coronavirus Disease 2019 but More Information is Needed

Silvio Buscemi et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Aug.
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(A) Incidence of coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID‐19) in Italy as of April 16, 2020, and (B) prevalence of overweight and obesity. Data are from the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy (13), and Istat (14). [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
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