A recent case study of Michigan patients suffering from Swine Flu has caused health officials raise concerns about obesity being a possible risk factor in the H1N1 flu.

Dr. Tim Uyeki, a flu expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has said clinics need to be aware of the severe complications that can occur when a patient has the H1N1 virus and is also suffering from obesity.

Health officials have said that might the correlation might be due to the fact that heavy people also tend to have to have asthma and other weight-related conditions which are making them more susceptible to complications with the H1N1 flu.

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