Obesity in people with diabetes in COVID-19 times: Important considerations and precautions to be taken

paythelady.612 shared this article with you from Inoreader Obesity in people with diabetes in COVID-19 times: Important considerations and precautions to be taken Μέσω pubmed: "world j clin cases"... World J Clin Cases. 2021 Jul 16;9(20):5358-5371. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i20.5358. ABSTRACT At the end of 2019, a new disease with pandemic potential appeared in China. It was a novel coronavirus called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Later, in the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of this disease a pandemic. Elderly people, people with comorbidities, and health care professionals are more vulnerable to COVID-19. Obesity has been growing exponentially worldwide, affecting several age groups. It is a morbidity that is associated with genetic, epigenetic, environment factors and/or interaction between them. Obesity is associated with the development of several diseases including diabetes mellitus, mainly type 2. Diabetes affects a significant portion of the global population. Obesity and diabetes are among the main risk factors for the development of severe symptoms of COVID-19, and individuals with these conditions constitute a risk group. Based on a literature review on obesity in people with diabetes in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study presents updated important considerations and care to be taken with this population. PMID:34307590 | PMC:PMC8281433 | DOI:10.12998/wjcc.v9.i20.5358 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.