New survey reveals how surgeons define innovation in real lifeA recent survey carried out by Sermo, a physician-only online community of more than 1.3 million healthcare providers globally,...
Survey finds COVID-19 pandemic changed public’s view of obesityNearly a third of Americans (29%) say COVID-19 made them more worried than ever about having obesity prompting about 28 million people to...
Excess weight associated with increased risk of COVID-19 infection and long COVIDHigh body mass index (BMI), rather than high blood sugar levels, are associated with excess risks of COVID-19 infection and long COVID,...
COVID-19 vaccine protects people of all body weights from hospitalisation and deathCOVID-19 vaccines have greatly reduced the number of cases of severe COVID-19 disease for everyone regardless of their body size,...
Diabetics at almost double risk of death from Covid 19People with diabetes were almost twice as likely to die with Covid 19 and almost three times as likely to be critically or severely ill...
Higher rates of newly diagnosed T2DM after with mild COVID infectionGerman researchers have noted a possible association between mild COVID-19 cases and subsequently diagnosing type 2 diabetes. The...
Bariatric surgery cost-effective in reducing COVID-19 related morbidity and mortalityIncreasing the number of bariatric and metabolic surgeries (BMS) would be expected to reduce COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality, as...