Will the COVID-19 pandemic worsen the obesity epidemic?

Christoffer Clemmensen; Michael Bang Petersen; Thorkild I A Sørensen

doi:10.1038/s41574-020-0387-z

Will the COVID-19 pandemic worsen the obesity epidemic?

Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2020 Sep;16(9):469-470. doi: 10.1038/s41574-020-0387-z.

Authors

Christoffer Clemmensen¹, Michael Bang Petersen², Thorkild I A Sørensen^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. chc@sund.ku.dk.
² Department of Political Science, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
³ Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

The sudden outbreak and global spread of COVID-19 represents one of the most profound societal and public health challenges in modern times. In this Comment, we call attention to the possibility that the societal strategies implemented to oppose COVID-19 might have long-term, negative effects on the obesity epidemic.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Disease Progression
Global Health
Humans
Incidence
Obesity / complications
Obesity / epidemiology*
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Prognosis
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2