Coronavirus: Australia fears high obesity rates could lead to more virus deaths

CLIENT: DR ZAC TURNER

OUTLET: NEWS.COM.AU

Two international studies, one of which came from America’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), both found a clear link between obesity and COVID-19-related deaths.

Australian doctor Zac Turner fears that this will affect everyone, not just Aussies who are overweight.

“If you are obese, you have a 60 per cent higher chance of being hospitalised (for the virus),” Dr Turner told news.com.au. “COVID-19 hits obese people longer and more severely than anyone else.”