Aaron Glatt of Mount Sinai Addresses the Major Concern of Obesity on COVID-19

MHE Publication, MHE March 2022, Volume 32, Issue 3

Aaron Glatt, MD, Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Chief of Infectious Diseases/Hospital Epidemiologist at Mount Sinai South Nassau and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, addressed to MHE the degree obesity is a risk factor at for severe COVID-19 and what those reasons are for obesity increasing the risk. This video is in correlation to Managed Healthcare Executive's March Issue cover story highlighting the dangerous pairing of COVID-19 and Obesity.

Related: A Dangerous Pairing: COVID-19 & Obesity - Heightened Risk for COVID-19 Severity