Obesidad y COVID-19. Un posicionamiento necesario

Abstract

This position paper has arisen as an initiative of the Sociedad Española de Endocrinología y Nutrición (SEEN) [Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition], through their Obesity Working Group (GOSEEN), and the Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Obesidad (SEEDO) [Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity], with the aim of making it known to the general population and to health authorities that people with obesity are part of a group at high risk of coronavirus infection and poor prognosis in the progression of the disease, based on scientific evidence. Other entities involved in the care of these patients have adhered to this position: the Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la Obesidad (SECO) [Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery], the Sociedad Española de Medicina Interna (SEMI) [Spanish Society of Internal Medicine], the Sociedad Española de Dietética y Nutrición (SEDYN) [Spanish Society of Dietetics and Nutrition], the Sociedad Española de Médicos de Atención Primaria (SEMERGEN) [Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians], the Sociedad Española de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (semFYC) [Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine], and the Sociedad Española de Médicos Generales (SEMG) [Spanish Society of General Practitioners].