Obesity and COVID-19

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020 Sep 30:11:581356. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.581356. eCollection 2020.
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Keywords: ACE2 (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme-2); SARS - CoV-2; aging; body mass Index; inflammation; nutrition; sarcopenic obesity.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / immunology
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / complications*
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Obesity / physiopathology*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / immunology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • Renin-Angiotensin System
  • SARS-CoV-2