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World Obesity Live - The collision of two pandemics: COVID-19 and obesity

World Obesity Federation | 30 Apr 2020

In response to the current COVID-19 Pandemic, the World Obesity Federation and colleagues launched a series of webinars on COVID-19 & Obesity. The first webinar of the series presented the growing evidence for the worsening of COVID-19 symptoms amongst patients with obesity.

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