The Perfect Storm: Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic Meets Overfat Pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health

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Philip B. Maffetone¹  Paul B. Laursen² 

[1] Independent Researcher, United States;Auckland University of Technology

关键词: Covid-19;    infectious disease;    chronic disease;    obesity;    pandemic;    immunity;    lifestyle;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2020.00135

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

In December, 2019, China’s Wuhan city became the center of an outbreak of pneumonia ofunknown cause, and by January, Chinese scientists reported to have isolated a novel coronavirus,severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2; previously known as 2019-nCoV),from the infected patients (1, 2). The virus was later designated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) in February by the World Health Organization (3).Other respiratory infectious pathogens, including strains of influenza virus type A andadenovirus (ADV), such as H1N1, H7N9, ADV 7, and ADV 55, often lead to worldwide outbreaksthat seriously endanger human health. For example, by the end of 2009, the local H1N1 flu epidemicpeaked in most countries with ∼70,000 laboratory-confirmed hospitalized patients and over 2,500fatal cases observed across 19 countries (4).

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