Open AccessObesity and exercise immunology: implication in times of COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Guilherme Gomes Azizi,
Marco Orsini,
Sérgio Duarte Dortas Júnior,
Sandro de Albuquerque Cerbino
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista brasileira de fisiologia do exercício/revista brasileira de fisiologia do exercício
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2675-1372
pISSN - 1677-8510
DOI - 10.33233/rbfe.v19i2.4117
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , obesity , public health , medicine , environmental health , immunology , virology , gerontology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
Obesity is a major worldwide epidemic, which places a burden on society and the public health system, affecting people of all ages and all social groups in developed and developing countries, reaching 650 million worldwide [1]. Thereby, we discuss the association between obesity inflammatory state and SARS-COV-2 infection, and the role of exercise immunology as a weapon and fundamental character to the health for million people in this pandemic time....