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Obese coronavirus patients 'more at risk' of being admitted to ICU or dying

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Obese coronavirus patients in hospital are more at risk of being admitted to intensive care or dying, today's Downing Street press conference heard.

Deputy chief scientific adviser Dame Angela McLean told the briefing evidence from studies gathered from patients with Covid-19 indicate that once in hospital, being obese is an additional risk factor.

Answering a question from the media, she said pandemic or not, "it's better not to be obese". But she said she understood losing weight would have to be through a complete change in lifestyle, something she recognised as "really difficult".

Ms McLean said: “We have very fine evidence, actually, from rather beautiful studies, gathered from in patients in our hospitals with Covid-19 and those

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