Obesity: A pandemic hidden in the Covid-19 pandemic

K Evangelou¹, S Rozani¹, N Syrigos^{1

2}, M Dalamaga³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece.
² Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, 677, Huntington Avenue, 02115 Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece.

K Evangelou et al. Ethics Med Public Health. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun:22:100785.

doi: 10.1016/j.jemep.2022.100785. Epub 2022 May 19.

K Evangelou¹, S Rozani¹, N Syrigos^{1

2}, M Dalamaga³

¹ Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece.
² Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, 677, Huntington Avenue, 02115 Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, 11527 Athens, Greece.

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Keywords: Covid-19; Health; Obesity; Pandemic.

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