Obesity and being a man reduce coronavirus survival chances, study says

Men and obese people are less likely to survive Covid-19, a study has found.The study found that “being male or obese is a significant factor associated with death in UK hospitals, a feature not seen in China,” where 6.6 per cent of adults were obese in 2016, compared with 29 per cent in England in 2017.“Those who have poor outcomes are more often elderly, male and obese,” according to the paper that has yet to be peer-reviewed. “The enhanced severity in male patients is seen across all ages…

from South China Morning Post https://bit.ly/2Sso7cL