COVID-19 Research and Information

Research and information regarding COVID-19 links with obesity

With research growing regarding the links between COVID-19 and obesity, we have collated links to studies, surveys and articles of interest:

• Webinar 30 July: COVID-19 and obesity: A public health perspective

• Joint position paper: "Obesity and COVID-19: a call for action from people living with obesity" S Le Brocq, K Clare, M Bryant, K Roberts, AA Tahrani

• Information and guidance collated by EASO

• ASO Diabetes, Obesity and COVID-19 Webinar, 25 June 2020

• Survey: New UCL study exploring the impact of COVID19 on people living with obesity Adrian Brown and Rachel Batterham

• Dan Wilson (Yorkshire Sport Foundation) and Grant Huddlestone (Birmingham City University) consider the impact of the pandemic on children's physical education

• The environmental charity, Hubbub, speculates on how the pandemic might affect the food industry and the eating habits of the nation

• Obesity and its Implications for COVID-19 Mortality William Dietz, Carlos Santos-Burgoa

• Obesity in patients younger than 60 years is a risk factor for Covid-19 hospital admission Jennifer Lighter, MD. NYU School of Medicine/NYU Langone Health

• High frequency of obesity among patients admitted in intensive care for SARS-CoV-2. Disease severity increased with BMI. Arthur Simonnet. Department of Intensive Care, Lille, France

• ICNARC report on COVID-19 in critical care - collecting data on comorbidities and characteristics and covid-19 patients including BMI

• Call for formal studies analysing the relationship between disease severity and body mass index or waist to height ratios  - BMJ letter Andrew Y Huang, Antitheist University of Melbourne

• COVID‐19–Related School Closings and Risk of Weight Gain Among Children Andrew G. Rundle. Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA

• The Lancet Coronavirus Resource Centre

• Who makes food policy in England, and the need for coordinated policy making in response to Covid Food Research Collaboration

• Survey: Study of weight management and health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic University of Liverpool

• Briefing: How are COVID-19 measures affecting the food environment? Obesity Health Alliance

You can also find support and resources for members and people living with obesity during the COVID-19 outbreak here