Severe obesity is linked to a higher risk of death from the coronavirus among men, regardless of underlying health conditions By Anna Medaris Caitlin O'Hara/Reuters Aug 18, 2020, 9:34 AM PT ...

The study, which analyzed data from 3.6 million people and 367,512 deaths, showed that obesity, or BMI of 30 or more, was linked to an increased prevalence of two major causes of death: heart ...

Obesity rarely appears as a cause of, or contributory factor to, mortality on death certificates, despite nearly half of deaths in individuals with obesity being associated with obesity-related ...

The research shows that "obesity plays a profound role in risk for death from COVID-19, particularly in male patients and younger populations," Sara Y. Tartof, PhD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente Southern ...

Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Obesity may increase the risk of coronavirus -related deaths by 50%, according to a recently published report in the journal Obesity Reviews.

Obesity is rarely recorded as a cause of death at a United Kingdom teaching hospital, even though nearly half of people with a BMI of 30 kg/m² or greater died from an obesity-related illness ...

Critics ripped CNN over a tweet linking obesity and serious illness or death from the coronavirus months after data suggesting the connection was already well-known.

The study is not the first to finger obesity as a culprit in Covid-19 deaths in younger people. While early reports from China and Italy did not focus on obesity as an independent risk factor ...

April 15, 2024 People with obesity may benefit most when exercise is done in the evening Working out at night was linked to a lower risk of premature death and heart disease. But experts say ...

This risk increased as obesity severity rose, as adjusted ORs for SUID were 1.1 (95% CI, 1.05-1.16) among infants with mothers with class I obesity, 1.2 (95% CI, 1.13-1.27) among infants with ...

The researchers found that for every 5 points added to BMI, the risk of death rose 9%. (That calculation excluded two types of cancer – of the lung and the upper aerodigestive tract – whose ...

Obesity has long been linked to an increased risk of an early death for people from different racial and ethnic groups, but some previous studies have not found this to be the case in Hispanic ...