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cord-354805-5wnp02wd	Concepción‐Zavaleta, Marcio José	COVID‐19 and obesity: The intersection between a pandemic and an epidemic in a developing country	2020-09-21		.txt	text/plain	795	43	46	We have read with great interest the prospective cohort study published by Czernichow et al (1), wherein they found that obesity doubles mortality in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease (COVID‐19), using as an indicator anthropometric, the body mass index (BMI). We have read with great interest the prospective cohort study published by Czernichow et al 1 , wherein they found that obesity doubles mortality in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), using as an indicator anthropometric, the body mass index (BMI). Excess mortality and severity of the COVID-19 disease in people with obesity is also prevalent in developing countries with constrained resources such as Peru, in which preliminary findings reported by the Ministry of Health show that among people with obesity died from COVID-19, 85.5% had obesity as assessed by BMI. 6 As studies have highlighted the association between this disease and its mortality and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection, Peru and other countries are recognizing the importance of considering obesity as a disease and developing effective health system strategies and public health approaches.	./cache/cord-354805-5wnp02wd.txt	./txt/cord-354805-5wnp02wd.txt