LSU-Pennington: Why is Obesity So Common in COVID-19 Patients?
July 25, 2020
July 25, 2020
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 25 -- Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center issued the following news release:
A hormone that connects the body's metabolism and immune response system may explain why COVID-19 is so dangerous for people with obesity.
"The problem for people with obesity is that their leptin levels are always high, and that can affect the response to a COVID-19 infection," said Candida Rebello, PhD, RD, lead a . . .
A hormone that connects the body's metabolism and immune response system may explain why COVID-19 is so dangerous for people with obesity.
"The problem for people with obesity is that their leptin levels are always high, and that can affect the response to a COVID-19 infection," said Candida Rebello, PhD, RD, lead a . . .