http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31866883/from/ET/
The above link describes a possible association of the more severe cases of the Swine flu with obesity. Apparently In Michigan, it was noted that there was a disproportionate anount of serious cases in people with obesity. One thought is that the obese tend to have a higher incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases so this would put them at higher risk of more serious respiratory sequelae when infected.
We always think of the cardiovascular complications of obesity, but the immune system may be yet another possible health risk.
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