Predictive capacity of COVID-19-related risk beliefs on weight management behaviors on a commercial weight loss program and speed of COVID-19 vaccination uptake: prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Annabell Suh Ho (Author), E. Siobhan Mitchell (Author), Jihye Lee (Author), Andrew Steptoe (Author), Heather Behr (Author), Christine N. May (Author), Andreas Michaelides (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Recent work has shown that obesity may be a risk factor for severe COVID-19. However, it is unclear to what extent individuals have heard or believe this risk factor information, and how these beliefs may predict their preventive behaviors (e.g., weight management behaviors or CO...