Majority of Teenagers Hospitalized With COVID-19 Had Severe Obesity: CDC Study

Medical personnel take care of a COVID-19 patient inside a hospital in Dearborn, Mich., on Dec. 17, 2021. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

Most teenagers hospitalized with COVID-19 across six major hospitals over the summer were severely obese, according to a recently published Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study.

Researchers with the agency and children’s hospitals examined data on adolescents who went to hospitals in July or August and had COVID-19.