Obesity linked to COVID-19 deaths: report

By Ella Pickover
Updated March 4 2021 - 8:14pm, first published 8:10pm
The World Obesity Federation has analysed countries' obesity rates as well as COVID-19 deaths.
The World Obesity Federation has analysed countries' obesity rates as well as COVID-19 deaths.

Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 deaths could have been avoided if the obesity epidemic had been tackled, the World Obesity Federation says.

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