Obesity and COVID-19: a call for action from people living with obesity

Affiliations

¹ Obesity UK, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
² Obesity UK, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Obesity Empowerment Network, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
³ Association for the Study of Obesity, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK.
⁴ School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁵ Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. Electronic address: a.a.tahrani@bham.ac.uk.

S Le Brocq et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;8(8):652-654.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(20)30236-9. Epub 2020 Jul 9.

¹ Obesity UK, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
² Obesity UK, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Obesity Empowerment Network, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
³ Association for the Study of Obesity, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Department of Health Sciences and the Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK.
⁴ School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁵ Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. Electronic address: a.a.tahrani@bham.ac.uk.

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