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Increased Risk of Severity and Mortality from Covid-19 in Pediatric Patients with Obesity

Jessica Milena Santos Sierra1, Lina Marcela Ortiz Roncallo2, María Mónica Alejandra Cárdenas Moreno3, Angie Katerine Rodríguez Paredes3, Juan Diego Céspedes Hurtado4, María Valencia Castaño5

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by the virus “severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2” (SARS- CoV-2). Compared to adults, children with SARS-CoV-2 infection may have fewer symptoms and these may be less severe. But having a basic disease characterized by weakening and impacting the immune system increases the risk of severity in obese pediatric patients who acquire a covid-19 infection.