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EPISODE · Mar 13, 2021 · 8 MIN

The truth about obesity and Covid 19

from More or Less · host BBC Radio 4

A widely reported study claims that 90% of Covid 19 deaths across the world happened in countries with high obesity rates. While an individual’s risk of death is increased by having a high Body Mass Index, the broader effect on a country’s death rate is not what it seems.

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