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Obesity and Hypertension in the Time of COVID-19

Educational Objective
To understand how COVID-19 is affecting obesity and hypertension

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JAMA

Published Online: September 9, 2020

Editorial

Article Information and Disclosures

Griffin P. Rodgers, MD¹;

Gary H. Gibbons, MD²

Author Affiliations

¹National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
²National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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Corresponding Author: Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 (griffinr@extra.niddk.nih.gov).

Published Online: September 9, 2020. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.16753

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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