Promoting healthy populations as a pandemic preparedness strategy: a simulation study from Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The underlying health status of populations was a major determinant of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly obesity prevalence. Mexico was one of the most severely affected countries during the COVID-19 pandemic and its obesity prevalence is among the highest in the world. It is unknown by how much the COVID-19 burden could have been reduced if systemic actions had been implemented to reduce excess weight in Mexico before the onset of the pandemic.

Methods

Using a dynamic epidemic model based on nationwide data, we compare actual deaths with those under hypothetical scenarios assuming a lower body mass index in the Mexican population, as observed historically. We also model the number of deaths that would have been averted due to earlier implementatio

SUBMITTER: Johnson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10850772 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature