Mild Obesity Can Double Your Risk for COVID Complications

If you want to lower your risk for good, the data suggest you must fix this.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Even mild obesity may raise the risk of COVID-19 severity, calling into question current United Kingdom guidelines that only classify severe obesity as a risk factor

• Patients with mild obesity had a 2.5 times greater risk of respiratory failure and a five times greater risk of being admitted to an ICU compared to non-obese patients

• Those …