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Experts: ICU need more likely for COVID-19 patients with obesity

from WHDH-TV

Experts: ICU need more likely for COVID-19 patients with obesity WHDH-TV Patients with obesity may be more than three times as likely to require intensive care if they contract COVID-19 than patients without obesity, one trend among several that medical experts said shows a disproportionate impact among individuals with higher body mass indexes. Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center Associate Director Dr. Angela Fitch said data from New York City collected earlier in the pandemic indicated that individuals were 3.6 times more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit if they had a body mass index greater than 35 and were younger than 60. READ MORE

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