Obesity increases chances of Covid death across ethnicities: Study of 12.6 million UK adults
South Asians with BMI 27 kg/m² at same risk of Covid death as white people with 40 kg/m² — according to study by University of Leicester researchers — published in ‘Nature Communications’.
For South Asians, BMI over 23 is considered as overweight and BMI over 27 is considered as obese.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28248-1
#health #asia #obesity #mortality #bmi
South Asians with BMI 27 kg/m² at same risk of Covid death as white people with 40 kg/m² — according to study by University of Leicester researchers — published in ‘Nature Communications’.
For South Asians, BMI over 23 is considered as overweight and BMI over 27 is considered as obese.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28248-1
#health #asia #obesity #mortality #bmi