1 in 10 Deaths from Infectious Disease Are Caused by Obesity

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Roughly 1 in 10 infectious disease deaths globally are attributable to obesity, a figure that rose to 15% during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic In a recent study, participants who belonged to the group with the highest body mass index (BMI) had a 3.54 times increased risk of dying from infectious disease […]