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    The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing worldwide, and this is forecast to continue in the coming years. One in two adults in the USA are projected to have obesity by 2030, and about one in four to have severe obesity.1 Excessive weight has been causally linked to diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer,2 and its attributable disability-adjusted life-years have been estimated…

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    The emerging SARS-CoV-2 pandemic captured worldwide attention in the first months of 2020.1 Most people who become infected have mild disease or are asymptomatic, but many have severe and often fatal disease. Older age quickly emerged as the most important risk factor for poor outcomes, but obesity was one of a number of other factors rapidly identified as being associated with…

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    The emerging SARS-CoV-2 pandemic captured worldwide attention in the first months of 2020.1 Most people who become infected have mild disease or are asymptomatic, but many have severe and often fatal disease. Older age quickly emerged as the most important risk factor for poor outcomes, but obesity was one of a number of other factors rapidly identified as being associated with…

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