COVID 19 AND OBESITY AS A RISK FACTOR: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Abstract

Although an increasing number of studies have reported unhealthy nutrition and its relationship to COVID 19 worldwide, there is a dearth of studies on obesity and its relationship with COVID 19, especially in Iraq. The study aimed to determine the relationship between obesity factor for Iraqi adults of both sexes and of different ages and its relationship to infection with Covid 19, where random samples were selected, and the total number of people was (384) patients infected with Covid 19 virus who were diagnosed by a specialist doctor, and Microbiologically and molecularly, the cases were divided according to the severity of the injury into three categories, severe
) 37(moderate (160) and mild (187). Patients with any form of obesity were also identified into three degrees (obesity 1 (50)). Obesity 2 (5) and obesity 3The study also revealed a direct link between the risk of Covid 19 and aging, and because this virus requires treatment, vitamin D3 is the most important drug for us. Furthermore, with the COVID 19 outbreak in Iraq, this study explored the differences between males (31%) and females (69%).