Severe obesity raises risk of poor H1N1 outcome (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)
March 17, 2010 — JesseMar 17, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Severe obesity makes it almost five times more likely that adults infected with the H1N1 pandemic influenza virus will be ill enough to be hospitalized, and also more likely that they will die under certain conditions, according to new research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Read this article:
Severe obesity raises risk of poor H1N1 outcome (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)