Children with Obesity at a Higher Risk for COVID

Findings from the CDC indicate that childhood obesity rates are extremely high among those hospitalized with COVID-19.

The data are quite clear — obesity is a significant comorbidity for COVID-19 — increasing the severity of disease in infected individuals, extending the duration of treatment and recovery, and elevating the likelihood of death.

New findings from the CDC provide some alarming information that children with obesity are also at a higher risk for hospitaliza…