COVID 19 and the Patient with Obesity – The Editors Speak Out

The pandemic of COVID-19 is bringing public health to the forefront for all members of The Obesity Society. COVID-19 emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and is thought to be a betacoronavirus related to the SARS virus ((1)). The manifestations of the COVID-19 infection run the spectrum from asymptomatic disease to severe acute respiratory infection. Lacking herd immunity and in the absence of effective vaccines or antiviral therapies,...