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. 2020 Oct 21;28(12):2272–2281. doi: 10.1002/oby.23016
“My participation in the research has improved my overall physical health, so I think if I do contract COVID‐19, I am in better physical health to fight it than I would have been before the study. I am motivated to continue to gain the health benefits from participating in the program by a desire to increase my ability to potentially fight off the virus. I am concerned that I will receive lessened health care due to my overweight status, should I contract the virus, and be viewed as a patient less worth saving. Because I am in a study that results in weight loss, it is critical that I continue my participation in the hopes of mitigating possible doctor bias in a triage setting or in a one‐on‐one decision‐making setting.”