Digging Into Obesity’s COVID-19 Risks

<p>University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill nutrition scholar Barry Popkin, PhD, and JAMA Medical News Associate Managing Editor Jennifer Abbasi discuss new findings on obesity and COVID-19. Popkin is the lead author of a systematic review and meta-analysis on the topic that was published recently in Obesity Reviews. He is a distinguished professor in the department of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.</p> <p>Related Article(s):</p> <p><a href= "http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2020.18637"> Large Meta-analysis Digs Into Obesity’s COVID-19 Risks</a></p>