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Overweight, obesity linked to more, longer mild COVID-19 symptomsCOVID-19 outpatients were more likely to have more respiratory symptoms if they were overweight or obese, according to a study published yesterday in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses.The researchers enrolled 522 people, 63.8% of whom were considered overweight or obese, from June 2020 to January 2021 within 2 weeks of a known household exposure to COVID-19.

During a 28-day follow-up in which participants reported their symptoms and sought regular testing, 85.1% ended up positive for COVID-19 (261 adults, 61 adolescents 12 to 17 years old, and 148 children).COVID-19 outpatients who were overweight or obese had more symptoms (median, 3 vs 2, P = 0.037), particularly

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