COVID-19 Research and Information
Research and information regarding COVID-19 links with obesity
With research growing regarding the links between COVID-19 and obesity, we have collated links to studies, surveys and articles of interest:
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Joint position paper: “Obesity and COVID-19: a call for action from people living with obesity” S Le Brocq, K Clare, M Bryant, K Roberts, AA Tahrani
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Survey: New UCL study exploring the impact of COVID19 on people living with obesity Adrian Brown and Rachel Batterham
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Dan Wilson (Yorkshire Sport Foundation) and Grant Huddlestone (Birmingham City University) consider the impact of the pandemic on children’s physical education
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The environmental charity, Hubbub, speculates on how the pandemic might affect the food industry and the eating habits of the nation
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Obesity and its Implications for COVID-19 Mortality William Dietz, Carlos Santos-Burgoa
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Obesity in patients younger than 60 years is a risk factor for Covid-19 hospital admission Jennifer Lighter, MD. NYU School of Medicine/NYU Langone Health
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High frequency of obesity among patients admitted in intensive care for SARS-CoV-2. Disease severity increased with BMI. Arthur Simonnet. Department of Intensive Care, Lille, France
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Call for formal studies analysing the relationship between disease severity and body mass index or waist to height ratios – BMJ letter Andrew Y Huang, Antitheist University of Melbourne
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COVID‐19–Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children Andrew G. Rundle. Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA
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Who makes food policy in England, and the need for coordinated policy making in response to Covid Food Research Collaboration
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Briefing: How are COVID-19 measures affecting the food environment? Obesity Health Alliance
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Membership is open to obesity researchers, healthcare professionals, clinicians, academics, scientists, and students who are working and/or studying in the field of obesity and to others who have a particular interest in this area.
Student membership with ASO is only £30 annually and there are so many benefits. There has never been a better time to join!
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