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COVID-19 nation death rates vary greatly, but countries with low obesity rates have consistently low fatality rates; specifically, Thailand, China, South Korea, Japan and Pakistan are all countries of over 10 million population, but with a national obesity rate of 10% or less [5], which all have less than 50 deaths per million [1]. There are clearly a multitude of factors that contribute to the national death rates. However, countries with obesity rates of over 20% have far more variable mortality rates.