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Editorial
. 2020 Sep;44(9):1807-1809.
doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-0635-2. Epub 2020 Jul 9.

Outcomes of COVID-19: disparities in obesity and by ethnicity/race

Matthew J Townsend  1 , Theodore K Kyle  2 , Fatima Cody Stanford  3   4   5
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Editorial

Outcomes of COVID-19: disparities in obesity and by ethnicity/race

Matthew J Townsend et al. Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 Sep.
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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no competing interests related to this manuscript. TKK reports consulting fees from Gelesis, Novo Nordisk, and Tivity Health unconnected to the present work.

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