Health Minute: Losing weight may lower COVID-19 risk

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More than 40 percent of adults in the United States are obese.
Obesity is one of the top underlying health conditions associated with COVID-19 deaths.
Obese patients who contract COVID-19 are 74 percent more likely to end up in the ICU, and 48 percent more likely to die. But why?Dr. Sanjay Gupta says it's partly due to how our bodies are buit.
"Our diaphragm is one of the major muscles that helps with breathing. Breathe in and the diaphragm contracts and the