Reply to the John Speakman critique of "Impact of obesity on COVID-19 related mortality: A comment on estimates in Popkin et al (2020)" published in Obesity Reviews
Obes Rev
.
2021 Aug;22(8):e13259.
doi: 10.1111/obr.13259.
Epub 2021 Apr 14.
Authors
Barry M Popkin
1
2
3
,
Shufa Du
2
,
William D Green
2
,
Melinda A Beck
2
,
Taghreed Algaith
4
,
Christopher H Herbst
1
,
Reem F Alsukait
1
5
,
Mohammed Alluhidan
4
,
Nahar Alazemi
4
,
Meera Shekar
1
Affiliations
1
Health, Nutrition and Population Department, The World Bank, Washington DC, USA.
2
Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
3
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
4
Saudi Health Council, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
5
Community Health Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
PMID:
33855774
DOI:
10.1111/obr.13259
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
COVID-19*
Humans
Obesity / complications
SARS-CoV-2
Grants and funding
D43 TW007709/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States
D43 TW009077/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States