Clin Obes June 2020 PMID 32342637

COVID-19 and obesity.

Nick Finer, Sarah P Garnett, Jens M Bruun

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Peak: 13 in May 2020
across 3 sources since Apr 2020

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Apr 2020 – Aug 2025

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What people are saying

Most digital discussions support the article’s emphasis on the increased risks of COVID-19 for individuals with obesity, with examples such as mentions of studies linking obesity to severe COVID-19 outcomes and calls for improved healthcare resources. The tone varies from supportive to critical but generally reflects a high level of interest and recognition of its significance in public health.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions acknowledge the link between COVID-19 and obesity, supporting the publication's findings.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high interest, citing specific studies, policies, and ongoing research efforts related to the topic.

EngagementModerate engagement

Some comments demonstrate thoughtful engagement, referencing research and calling for policy changes, though some are more superficial.

ImpactModerate impact

The discussions highlight that COVID-19's relationship with obesity influences public health policies and resource allocation, indicating moderate impact.

Abstract in brief

  • COVID-19 has been shown to disproportionately affect individuals with obesity, increasing their risk of severe illness and complications.
  • The pandemic has also led to lifestyle changes, such as reduced physical activity and altered eating habits, which may contribute to weight gain and worsening obesity rates.
  • Addressing obesity is important in managing COVID-19 outcomes, emphasizing the need for targeted public health strategies to support weight management.]

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World Obesity
@WorldObesity · X

"Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that people with severe obesity may be seriously disadvantaged regarding health care." Read the new editorial in our journal Clinical Obesity: https://t.co/1vxkTvWOLb https://t.co/krJ6os0pI1

Apr 30, 2020 · 30 likes · 12 shares · 23,894 followers View post →
Ale Garcia
@GYM_EXTREMO · X

Los pacientes obesos ingresados ​​en el hospital por COVID-19 tienen más probabilidades de complicacion. https://t.co/MWsdFpdTrs

Aug 27, 2020 · 17 likes · 2 shares · 99,471 followers View post →
World Obesity
@WorldObesity · X

"Appropriate resources for those with obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that people with severe obesity may be seriously disadvantaged regarding health care." #COVID19 Read the new editorial in our journal Clinical Obesity: https://t.co/1vxkTvWOLb

May 5, 2020 · 15 likes · 7 shares · 23,894 followers View post →
thetranscendedman
@atranscendedman · X

A review from Umm Al-Qura University (Saudi Arabia) analyzed melatonin’s benefits across 23 studies. It shows promise in managing cancer, cardiovascular disease, COVID-19, and obesity due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. https://t.co/Sz71jNWiaK

Sep 24, 2024 · 10 likes · 2 shares · 6,911 followers View post →
Jens Meldgaard Bruun
@jensbruu · X

Aktuelle editorial omhandler COVID‐19 & #obesity. Efter COVID-19 bør vi lave en national handleplan, så vi på sigt reducerer antallet af borgere med #sværovervægt #sundpol @Heunicke @stinuslindgreen @SSTSandoe @FaKDFormand @kost_dk @LarsIgum @Ugeskriftet https://t.co/Jutb0PwewL

Apr 28, 2020 · 10 likes · 516 followers View post →
University of Windsor
@UWindsor · X

UWindsor researcher, Aziz Abu-Saleh, uses cutting-edge computational chemistry and machine learning algorithms to design drugs for anxiety, cancer, COVID-19, and obesity, earning him the title of Chemical Abstracts Service's 2024 Future Leader.

Apr 4, 2024 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 24,075 followers View post →

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Kristos
@Kristos416 · X

@k_b_lvi Some bed time reading (while snacking on a bag of potato chips or that store bought chocolate cake in the fridge) https://t.co/FWr5ou1GlT

Aug 27, 2025 · 313 followers View post →
Geneva Grace
@Geneva___Grace · X

RT @1WorldMedical1: Our Co Founder & Chief Medical Officer Mr Sanjay Purkayastha explaining his latest research ‘COVesity’, which explores…

Aug 13, 2025 · 1 share · 103 followers View post →
Guido Vogel
@guido_vogel · X

@Giovann35084111 @GaryCardone There is just a lot of crap science out there. Including Covid-19 and obesity research (which is very hard).

Jul 30, 2025 · 876 followers View post →
Tek Sports Diehard!
@PNimurungyi · X

RT @teksportsrcf: In the UK, an estimated 36% of COVID-19 hospitalisations have been attributed to lack of physical activity and excess bod…

Jun 27, 2025 · 7 shares · 204 followers View post →
TheFreeDude
@Teksportsd31851 · X

RT @teksportsrcf: In the UK, an estimated 36% of COVID-19 hospitalisations have been attributed to lack of physical activity and excess bod…

Jun 27, 2025 · 7 shares · 168 followers View post →
MunWins2025
@Phoebe_Star1 · X

RT @teksportsrcf: In the UK, an estimated 36% of COVID-19 hospitalisations have been attributed to lack of physical activity and excess bod…

Jun 27, 2025 · 7 shares · 18 followers View post →
Eric Tumwesigye
@EricTK2018 · X

RT @teksportsrcf: In the UK, an estimated 36% of COVID-19 hospitalisations have been attributed to lack of physical activity and excess bod…

Jun 27, 2025 · 7 shares · 1,388 followers View post →
Tek Sports and Recreation Community Facility.
@teksportsrcf · X

RT @teksportsrcf: In the UK, an estimated 36% of COVID-19 hospitalisations have been attributed to lack of physical activity and excess bod…

Jun 27, 2025 · 7 shares · 2,360 followers View post →
Grok
@grok · X

@vitas_samulev @DonutsNJiujitsu @Sargon_of_Akkad Research shows U.S. life expectancy for 2025 is ~79.4 years (UN projections), starting with 7, not 8 as claimed. This aligns with your data, Vitas, and reflects trends impacted by COVID-19 and obesity. Denmark’s is ~82 years, highlighting healthcare differences.

Apr 1, 2025 · 6,386,047 followers View post →
AACVPR
@AACVPR · X

In case you missed it in the fall, revisit this special collection of targeted research reports and reviews covering PR in a diverse range of settings, from COVID-19 and obesity to alternative delivery models: https://t.co/AC9I5eAmqJ #PRWeek2025

Mar 14, 2025 · 1,049 followers View post →
Sean Scully
@SeanMScully · X

@RealShane80 @elonmusk Why do you lie to yourself? People died from the flu in 2020. A lot less people died from the flu in 2020 because we were social distancing. Doesn't change the fact that people died from the flu. Plus people died from multiple factors, like the flu, covid 19 and obesity.

Nov 21, 2024 · 381 followers View post →
prima facie
@primafacie · X

@RobertKennedyJr @Bencjacobs Flouride is the health issue of our lives. Well, right behind cancer and heart disease and diabetes and COVID-19 and obesity and the common cold and acne and STDs and e coli in Big Macs and hot coffee and hay fever and tennis elbow and near-sightedness and far-sightedness and …

Nov 2, 2024 · 248 followers View post →
Nasila
@nasila8 · X

RT @atranscendedman: A review from Umm Al-Qura University (Saudi Arabia) analyzed melatonin’s benefits across 23 studies. It shows promis…

Sep 24, 2024 · 2 shares · 1,765 followers View post →
thetranscendedman
@atranscendedman · X

A review from Umm Al-Qura University (Saudi Arabia) analyzed melatonin’s benefits across 23 studies. It shows promise in managing cancer, cardiovascular disease, COVID-19, and obesity due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. https://t.co/Sz71jNWiaK

Sep 24, 2024 · 10 likes · 2 shares · 6,911 followers View post →
Kat 'O Nine Tails
@KathyVondracek · X

https://t.co/LOXmfsaW47

Jul 4, 2024 · 200 followers View post →
Flip
@rocky8a27 · X

@MohammedAlo Yeah I hate when @RealTimers discusses topics such as COVID-19 and obesity but never has experts such as Physicians to discuss these topics. Never seen a cardiologist, ID doc, internal medicine, or pulm/critical care on his show.

Apr 22, 2024 · 1 like · 275 followers View post →
Christopher Michael
@TheBrollyBowler · X

RT @UWindsor: UWindsor researcher, Aziz Abu-Saleh, uses cutting-edge computational chemistry and machine learning algorithms to design drug…

Apr 6, 2024 · 2 shares · 33 followers View post →
tom hebert
@tominwindsor · X

RT @UWindsor: UWindsor researcher, Aziz Abu-Saleh, uses cutting-edge computational chemistry and machine learning algorithms to design drug…

Apr 4, 2024 · 2 shares · 1,210 followers View post →
University of Windsor
@UWindsor · X

UWindsor researcher, Aziz Abu-Saleh, uses cutting-edge computational chemistry and machine learning algorithms to design drugs for anxiety, cancer, COVID-19, and obesity, earning him the title of Chemical Abstracts Service's 2024 Future Leader.

Apr 4, 2024 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 24,075 followers View post →
ingentium_COVID
@ingentium_COVID · X

The parallel lives of pandemics: COVID-19 and obesity. https://t.co/FSWUcbsD8B

Mar 30, 2024 · 41 followers View post →
Phage Papers
@Phage_Papers · X

The parallel lives of pandemics: COVID‑19 and obesity https://t.co/HBiejGA5YZ

Mar 29, 2024 · 647 followers View post →
Society for Applied Anthro
@SfAAnthro · X

RT @J_Ancona: I will be presenting "Health/Sickness/Attention-Prevention Process during COVID-19 and Obesity in a Municipality of Yucatan:…

Mar 24, 2024 · 1 share · 5,943 followers View post →
Juan Ancona
@J_Ancona · X

I will be presenting "Health/Sickness/Attention-Prevention Process during COVID-19 and Obesity in a Municipality of Yucatan: Towards a Syndemic Approach"; #SfAA2024 #UCF @UCFAnthroDept @SfAAnthro. If you want to check out the work in detail visit: https://t.co/OxvDg60wCZ https://t.co/6pq6gENrSP

Mar 24, 2024 · 8 likes · 1 share · 493 followers View post →
Mizzvixenstl
@Stlvixen · X

@4HumanUnity @RepMTG @COVIDSelect https://t.co/oN6dBVkppe Fact is Marjorie Taylor green is a very sick woman she has convinced multiple people to not protect themselves against covid based on conspiracy theory stop voting for deranged people jail this woman for rampant criminality

Feb 21, 2024 · 2 likes · 357 followers View post →
Frontiers - Endocrinology
@FrontEndocrinol · X

New Research: Investigating the shared genetic architecture between COVID-19 and obesity: a large-scale genome wide cross-trait analysis: Observational studies have reported high comorbidity between obesity and severe COVID-19. The… https://t.co/OnJ6PnfmWh #Endocrinology #Endo

Jan 30, 2024 · 2 likes · 5,032 followers View post →
i.e.
@iain_mk2 · X

@concretemilk @Curds55Cheese And this, my favourite bit of published work during the pandemic. Every page has a hammer over the head bit of data that shows obesity to be the largest risk factor. If people had been mandated diets instead of vaccines you'd have seen less deaths. https://t.co/naPOcpr2mR

Jan 21, 2024 · 386 followers View post →
Victor H.
@vickh90 · X

RT @GYM_EXTREMO: Los pacientes obesos ingresados ​​en el hospital por COVID-19 tienen más probabilidades de complicacion. https://t.co/MWsd…

Sep 5, 2020 · 2 shares · 38 followers View post →
Dani
@DaniLorenzoA · X

RT @GYM_EXTREMO: Los pacientes obesos ingresados ​​en el hospital por COVID-19 tienen más probabilidades de complicacion. https://t.co/MWsd…

Aug 27, 2020 · 2 shares · 68 followers View post →
Ale Garcia
@GYM_EXTREMO · X

Los pacientes obesos ingresados ​​en el hospital por COVID-19 tienen más probabilidades de complicacion. https://t.co/MWsdFpdTrs

Aug 27, 2020 · 17 likes · 2 shares · 99,471 followers View post →
International Wound Journal
@IntWoundJournal · X

COVID‐19 and obesity: It is becoming clear that several factors put people living with obesity at greater risk of the disease. #COVID19 #Obesity https://t.co/0wS6NBaAMx https://t.co/zcuaFwNqeZ

Aug 4, 2020 · 2 likes · 348 followers View post →
NutriAle_Coach
@NutriAle_Coach · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that people with s…

May 7, 2020 · 7 shares · 1,558 followers View post →
Charlotte Merrill RD
@CharDietitian · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that people with s…

May 7, 2020 · 7 shares · 40 followers View post →
Dra. Edna Nava
@nutriologaedna · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that people with s…

May 5, 2020 · 7 shares · 8,305 followers View post →
Igor Spiroski
@ipicako · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that people with s…

May 5, 2020 · 7 shares · 583 followers View post →
Luis Díaz-Batalla
@DiazDeBatalla · X

COVID‐19 and obesity https://t.co/lpsldwMvM6

May 5, 2020 · 762 followers View post →
Camilo Ortiz Silva
@Camiloortizsilv · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that people with s…

May 5, 2020 · 7 shares · 204 followers View post →
World Obesity
@WorldObesity · X

"Appropriate resources for those with obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that people with severe obesity may be seriously disadvantaged regarding health care." #COVID19 Read the new editorial in our journal Clinical Obesity: https://t.co/1vxkTvWOLb

May 5, 2020 · 15 likes · 7 shares · 23,894 followers View post →
DocJuanUbaldo
@DocUbaldo · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

May 3, 2020 · 12 shares · 3,191 followers View post →
Rohit Soans, MD, FACS
@SoansBariatrics · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

May 3, 2020 · 12 shares · 195 followers View post →
Philip Schauer, MD
@PSchauerMD · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

May 1, 2020 · 12 shares · 6,735 followers View post →
Andres Marmol-Perez, PhD
@andresmmpp · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

May 1, 2020 · 12 shares · 322 followers View post →
Pam
@pamaltrefv · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

May 1, 2020 · 12 shares · 334 followers View post →
BDA Obesity Group
@BDA_Obesity · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

May 1, 2020 · 12 shares · 6,261 followers View post →
Healthy Behaviors
@humansandhealth · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

Apr 30, 2020 · 12 shares · 189 followers View post →
Andy Grannell
@Grannell_ · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

Apr 30, 2020 · 12 shares · 985 followers View post →
Mary O'Kane
@Mpmok · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

Apr 30, 2020 · 12 shares · 6,220 followers View post →
Alfredo Granados T
@gt_alfredo · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

Apr 30, 2020 · 12 shares · 901 followers View post →
#obsm chat
@obsmchat · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

Apr 30, 2020 · 12 shares · 3,579 followers View post →
Sibusiso Nkosi
@Sibusis55108904 · X

RT @WorldObesity: "Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that peop…

Apr 30, 2020 · 12 shares · 804 followers View post →
World Obesity
@WorldObesity · X

"Appropriate resources for those with (severe) obesity are often inadequate in hospitals - there is a real risk that people with severe obesity may be seriously disadvantaged regarding health care." Read the new editorial in our journal Clinical Obesity: https://t.co/1vxkTvWOLb https://t.co/krJ6os0pI1

Apr 30, 2020 · 30 likes · 12 shares · 23,894 followers View post →
Jens Meldgaard Bruun
@jensbruu · X

Aktuelle editorial omhandler COVID‐19 & #obesity. Efter COVID-19 bør vi lave en national handleplan, så vi på sigt reducerer antallet af borgere med #sværovervægt #sundpol @Heunicke @stinuslindgreen @SSTSandoe @FaKDFormand @kost_dk @LarsIgum @Ugeskriftet https://t.co/Jutb0PwewL

Apr 28, 2020 · 10 likes · 516 followers View post →