COVID 19 and Obesity #BDAObesity #obsmukTweetchat
T he COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on morbidity and mortality 1 and affected everyone’s normal daily living. People with severe and complex obesity are at greater risk from the impact of COVID-19 on health 2 . Consequently, this group have been classed as being one of the more vulnerable groups and people have to take additional precautions. For some, this has included shielding. This has caused practical issues such as access to food and shopping, decreased activity, increased anxiety and also resulted to people being subjected to stigma and weight bias. At a time, when there is a greater need for access and support from weight management services across the spectrum, including specialist weight management and bariatric surgery services, many of the services were also affected. Face to face consultations, whether one to one or group, and bariatric surgery services were stopped. Health care professionals were redeployed to other areas of work. Clinical consu