Obesity, unhealthy habits make you prone to severe Covid, say UAE doctors
Saman Haziq/Dubai
(Reuters file)
Covid study conducted in UAE found that out of the people assessed - 62% were overweight.
Covid-19 can infect anyone, however, certain groups of people are at higher risk of contracting the virus or developing complications. The elderly and those with underlying health conditions have been considered vulnerable. But doctors in the UAE have stressed that poor lifestyle is another Covid risk factor. Obesity, in particular, must be addressed.
“A study has found that obese people who contracted Covid were 113 per cent more likely to land in hospital than people of healthy weight,” advanced laparoscopic surgeon Dr JS Rajkumar had explained.