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Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Date Submitted: Jul 21, 2020
Open Peer Review Period: Jul 21, 2020 - Aug 3, 2020
Date Accepted: Aug 18, 2020
Date Submitted to PubMed: Jan 13, 2021
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The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Diet, Nutrition, Obesity, and Their Implications for COVID-19 Mortality: Development of a Marginalized Two-Part Model for Semicontinuous Data

Mohammad Gholi Mezerji N, Soltanian AR, Mahjub H, Moghimbeigi A

Diet, Nutrition, Obesity, and Their Implications for COVID-19 Mortality: Development of a Marginalized Two-Part Model for Semicontinuous Data

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2021;7(1):e22717

DOI: 10.2196/22717

PMID: 33439850

PMCID: 7842860

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Diet, nutrition, obesity and the prevention of COVID-19

  • Naser Mohammad Gholi Mezerji; 
  • Ali Reza Soltanian; 
  • Hosein Mahjub; 
  • Abbas Moghimbeigi

ABSTRACT

This study aims to assess the effect of diet, nutrition, and obesity in preventing COVID-19 among 188 countries by using new statistical marginalized two-part (mTP) models. For this, we globally evaluate the distribution of diet and nutrition in national level with considering the varieties between different who regions. The effects of food supply categories and obesities, as well as associations, on/with the number of deaths and the number of recovers, reported globally by estimating coefficients and conducting the color maps. Findings show that more consume of Eggs, Cereals Excluding Beer, Spices, and Stimulants had the greatest impact on the recovery of patients with COVID-19. Also, more consume of Meat, Vegetal products, Sugar & Sweeteners, Sugar crops, Animal fats, and Animal products were associated with more death and less recovery in patients. The effect of consuming sugar products on mortality is very considerable, while Obesity has affected in more deaths and fewer recovery rates.


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Mohammad Gholi Mezerji N, Soltanian AR, Mahjub H, Moghimbeigi A

Diet, Nutrition, Obesity, and Their Implications for COVID-19 Mortality: Development of a Marginalized Two-Part Model for Semicontinuous Data

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2021;7(1):e22717

DOI: 10.2196/22717

PMID: 33439850

PMCID: 7842860

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