As rates of obesity continue to climb in the United States, its role in COVID-19 is a thorny scientific question. Excess weight tends to go hand in hand with other medical conditions, like high blood pressure and diabetes, which may by themselves make it harder to fight COVID-19. Like many other conditions that can exacerbate COVID-19, excess weight does not have a quick fix — especially in areas where access to healthy food and opportunities for exercise are vastly uneven among communities. Drug dosages and diagnostic machines are also often incompatible with patients carrying excess weight, making it difficult to tailor treatments. He had recently lost a large amount of weight, Franklin said, and was not hospitalised either, instead recovering at home.

Source: bd News24 September 29, 2020 11:03 UTC