Covid-19: Obesity as a risk factor

The objective of this study was to verify the situation of obesity in Brazil and relate it to the aggravations of covid-19. The research developed through the following guiding question: “What is the situation of obesity in Brazil and its relationship with the aggravations for Covid-19? This is a literature review work. The search for scientific articles took place between June and October of 2020 through the Virtual Health Library portal, using the following databases: Medical Literature, Analyzes and Retrieval System Online, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences. Health and Scientific Electronic Library Online. For the searches, controlled descriptors were used and combined with Boolean operators OR and AND, with the following keywords: Obesity, Coronavirus infections, and COVID-19. After analysis, it was possible to perceive that patients with obesity have greater complications when infected with COVID-19, which can worsen the disease since they are at greater risk of developing infections and also dying. In this sense, this group of patients requires greater care, being necessary in several cases the use of mechanical ventilation due to the aggravating increase in chronic diseases caused by obesity.