By Clare Wilson
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HOW can countries become more resilient to the coronavirus? You may have heard about face masks, hand-washing and avoiding crowds. But as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was recovering from covid-19 in May, he announced another tactic: targeting the nation’s waistlines.
People who are overweight are certainly at a higher risk of developing severe covid-19, especially if they also have type 2 diabetes, which is linked to obesity. Around a third of UK adults are overweight, and roughly another third are obese. Johnson has blamed his own …
