PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS AND THE RISK FOR THE COVID-19 AFFAIRMENT IN OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY PATIENTS

Abstract

Obesity is a worldwide and recurring health problem, which includes being overweight due to several factors. This impasse conditions the development of numerous  pathologies that reduce the population's quality of life. Therefore, the objective of the present study is to relate obesity to the propensity for the development of diseases, especially to the new COVID-19 and highlight preventive and remedial measures for this physiological condition in the different stages of life. For a literature review, we used the Medline, PubMed, SCIELO, Lilac and Google Scholar databases and the publications present in them dated between 2003 and 2020. Thereby, it is highlighted that excesso weight is closely linked to the increase in adipocytes, which form adipose tissue. This can be divided into brown and white tissue, the latter being related to chronic inflammation due to obesity, responsible for the vulnerability of the organism and consequently for affection of several diseases, including the new coronavirus. Therefore, it is concluded that the science of nutrition is indispensable for the care of the obese patient, both in the prevention and in the treatment of the pathology, because it is through the implementation of good eating habits, combined with other factors, that obesity and the problems involved and aggravated by it can be prevented and remedied.