U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that he was “way overweight” in April when , as his government launched a campaign to cut the country’s obesity rates as part of its pandemic response. Citing , a British government said there is now “consistent evidence” that people who are overweight have a higher risk of being hospitalized, entering intensive care, or dying after contracting COVID-19 than those in weight ranges considered healthy.Around two thirds of adults in the U.K. are overweight, and half of that group are in turn considered obese, the paper said. The U.K. has the...…U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that he was “way overweight” in April when , as his government launched a campaign to cut the country’s obesity rates as part of its pandemic response. Citing , a British government said there is now “consistent evidence” that people who are overweight have a higher risk of being hospitalized, entering intensive care, or dying after contracting COVID-19 than those in weight ranges considered healthy.Around two thirds of adults in the U.K. are overweight, and half of that group are in turn considered obese, the paper said. The U.K. has the...WW…