Research ‘wake-up call’: obese people in their twenties also run higher risk of dying from corona | Inland

Recent American research shows that young people with obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes should pay extra attention. They are more likely to develop a serious illness.

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Amsterdam – Obesity and high blood pressure are not only a risk factor for the elderly, but also for young adults for a serious course of Covid-19 disease and increase the risk of death. This is shown by research among 3222 Americans between the ages of 18-34. Cardiologist Leonard Hofstra (Amsterdam UMC) raises the alarm: “That is exactly the age group that is now most infected in the Netherlands.”

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