CM. The role of overweight and obesity on severe Covid-19: the evidence and possible mechanisms of action
https://doi.org/10.47449/CM.2020.1.1.13 This commentary addresses three fundamental questions, 1) How solid is the evidence regarding obesity as a risk factor to Covid-19, in particular to the most serious form of the disease requiring hospitalization and mechanical ventilation? 2) What cellular and/or molecular mechanisms could explain a possible enhancement of the disease by obesity? 3) Given a …