Obesity and COVID-19: The Two Sides of the Coin

Dicker D., Bettini S., Farpour-Lambert N., Fruehbeck G., Golan R., Goossens G., ...Daha Fazla

OBESITY FACTS, cilt.13, sa.4, ss.430-438, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000510005
  • Dergi Adı: OBESITY FACTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, ABI/INFORM, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.430-438
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, a pandemic on March 12, 2020. COVID-19 is causing massive health problems and economic suffering around the world. The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) promptly recognised the impact that the outbreak could have on people with obesity. On one side, emerging data suggest that obesity represents a risk factor for a more serious and complicated course of COVID-19 in adults. On the other side, the health emergency caused by the outbreak diverts attention from the prevention and care of non-communicable chronic diseases to communicable diseases. This might be particularly true for obesity, a chronic and relapsing disease frequently neglected and linked to significant bias and stigmatization. The Obesity Management Task Force (OMTF) of EASO contributes in this paper to highlighting the key aspects of these two sides of the coin and suggests some specific actions.