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Proportion of overweight population and risk of death due to COVID-19 among 176 countries. COVID-19 data from worldometers.info (1) was obtained on 16 October 2020 and BMI data were obtained from the WHO 2016 report (5) for 176 countries. The proportion of overweight [BMI (kg/m2) ≥25] population among countries strongly correlated with the number of deaths per 1 million population (adjusted R2: 0.20; P < 0.0001). COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.
