OBEZITATEA CA FACTOR DE RISC MAJOR ÎN CAZURILE DE COVID-19

Luminița SUVEICA1, Vlad ROȘCA1, Aurelia CRIVOI2, Iurie BACALOV2, Elena CHIRIŢA2, Lidia COJOCARI3, Ana BÎRSAN2, Adriana DRUȚA2 , Ana ILIEŞ2, Iulian PARA2, Ilona POZDNEACOVA2 1Universitatea de Stat de Medicină și Farmacie „Nicolae Testemițanu” 2Universitatea de Stat din Moldova 3Universitatea Pedagogică de Stat „Ion Creangă” din Chișinău

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OBESITY AS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR IN COVID-19 CASES

Obesity is a complex, multifactorial disease characterized by increased body weight at the expense of the fatty tissue. In the last decades, it has become one of the most common nutrition diseases in the world, with the magnitude of a pandemic, being considered the disease of the century according to a WHO report. Tens of millions of people have been infected with the new coronavirus worldwide, and many of them have suffered from severe symptoms that have often led to death. Humanity lives during one of the most difficult times of this generation.

Keywords: obesity, nutrition, diabetes, blood pressure.