COVID-19 and Obesity: The Intersection Between a Pandemic and an Epidemic in a Developing Country

Marcio José Concepción-Zavaleta^{1

2}, Claudia Gutiérrez-Ortiz^{1

3}, Julia Cristina Coronado-Arroyo⁴, Francisca Elena Zavaleta-Gutiérrez^{5

6}, Luis Alberto Concepción-Urteaga^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.
² Division of Endocrinology, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Perú.
³ Division of Endocrinology, Hospital Daniel Alcides Carrión, Callao, Peru.
⁴ Division of Obstetrics and Ginecology, Clinica Vesalio, Lima, Peru.
⁵ Division of Neonatology, Hospital Belén de Trujillo, Trujillo, Perú.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Antenor, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Trujillo, Perú.
⁷ Division of Neumology, Hospital Regional Docente de Trujillo, Trujillo, Perú.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Trujillo, Perú.

Comment

Marcio José Concepción-Zavaleta et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;28(12):2265.

doi: 10.1002/oby.23027. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

Marcio José Concepción-Zavaleta^{1

2}, Claudia Gutiérrez-Ortiz^{1

3}, Julia Cristina Coronado-Arroyo⁴, Francisca Elena Zavaleta-Gutiérrez^{5

6}, Luis Alberto Concepción-Urteaga^{7

8}

¹ Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.
² Division of Endocrinology, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Perú.
³ Division of Endocrinology, Hospital Daniel Alcides Carrión, Callao, Peru.
⁴ Division of Obstetrics and Ginecology, Clinica Vesalio, Lima, Peru.
⁵ Division of Neonatology, Hospital Belén de Trujillo, Trujillo, Perú.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Antenor, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Trujillo, Perú.
⁷ Division of Neumology, Hospital Regional Docente de Trujillo, Trujillo, Perú.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Trujillo, Perú.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no conflict of interest.

Obesity Doubles Mortality in Patients Hospitalized for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Paris Hospitals, France: A Cohort Study on 5,795 Patients.
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