2021/04/14 08:38 Myriad factors are contributing to the devastating COVID-19 death toll in the Czech Republic and none will change soon Myriad factors are contributing to the devastating COVID-19 death toll in the Czech Republic and none will change soon When it comes to coronavirus deaths per capita, the Czech Republic is among the highest in the world. According to official statistics from the country s Ministry of Health, almost 28,000 people had died of COVID-19 by the end of March and more than a hundred have died every day since. But the picture is likely even worse. Based on scientific estimates, the actual number of victims is at least a third higher, says Jan Konvalinka, vice rector of Charles University in Prague.
This study was conducted by researchers from the World Obesity Federation (WOF), an international organization dedicated to supporting efforts to reduce, prevent and treat obesity. The researchers found that around 2.2 million of the over 2.5 million COVID-19 deaths reported around the world by the end of February occurred in countries where more than half of the population is classified as overweight.
The researchers wanted countries with high rates of obesity to recognize that obesity is “a disease in its own right” and a risk factor for other detrimental health conditions, including “significantly worsening the outcomes of a COVID-19 infection.”
“Reducing one major risk factor, overweight, would have resulted in far less stress on health services and reduced the need to protect those services from being overwhelmed,” wrote the federation in the foreword of its report.
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