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The World Health Organization (WHO) defines \'Pandemic\' as diseases that spread globally Since a few years ago, obesity has become a serious global public health problem and has been considered a pandemic, of a non-infectious type On the other hand, COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and given its rapid spread it is considered a pandemic While confinement and other restrictive measures help to prevent the spread of COVID-19, these measures also make obesity a larger problem in the world population, by increasing the availability of certain foods and increasing hours of physical inactivity Although anyone could be affected by the COVID-19, risk factors associated with severe morbidity and mortality have been identified, which include obesity and more recently fatty liver It is essential to know the pathophysiological bases of this relationship, in order to control the risk factors that are modifiable and look for new therapeutic alternatives that decrease the severity and mortality of SARS-CoV-2 infection Long-term studies evaluating the impact of weight control interventions on the severity of SARS-COV2 infection and mortality rate are required
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