Perceptions on the relationship between obesity and covid-19
International Journal of Development Research
Perceptions on the relationship between obesity and covid-19
Received 07th December, 2020; Received in revised form 17th January, 2021; Accepted 18th February, 2021; Published online 15th March, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Anderson Neco Rocha et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Obesity is one of the risk factors for Covid-19. However, long before the pandemic, this was already considered a public health problem. In Brazil there are more than 20 million obese individuals, with 56% of the population being overweight. The rapid growth in the number of cases has also been of concern to public health authorities. With the isolation due to the covid-19 pandemic the population was faced with uncertainties bringing anxiety and consequently bad habits that favor weight gain. Thus, it is important to assess people's perception of obesity as a risk factor for covid-19. After the application of a form (opinion poll) it can be seen that there are still people who are unaware of this relationship, including the care with covid-19. Thus, our results suggest that more accurate strategies should be developed for effective health promotion.
