OBEZITATEA CA FACTOR DE RISC MAJOR ÎN CAZURILE DE COVID-19

Abstract

Obezitatea este o afecţiune complexă, multifactorială, caracterizată prin creşterea greutăţii corporale pe seama ţesutului adipos. În ultimele decade a devenit una dintre cele mai frecvente boli de nutriţie din lume, având amploarea unei pandemii, conform raportului OMS, fiind considerată boala secolului. Zeci de milioane de oameni au fost infectați cu noul coronavirus ȋn ȋntreaga lume, iar o mare parte dintre aceștia au suferit de o simptomatologie gravă care, de multe ori, a condus la deces. Omenirea se află ȋn una dintre cele mai dificile perioade ale acestei generații. OBESITY AS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR IN COVID-19 CASESObesity is a complex, multifactorial disease characterized by increased body weight at the expense of the fatty tissue. In the last decades, it has become one of the most common nutrition diseases in the world, with the magnitude of a pandemic, being considered the disease of the century according to a WHO report. Tens of millions of people have been infected with the new coronavirus worldwide, and many of them have suffered from severe symptoms that have often led to death. Humanity lives during one of the most difficult times of this generation.

Keywords

• obesity, nutrition, diabetes, blood pressure.