2.2. Participants
overweight or obese
Participants were recruited via the Municipal Secretary of Health of Maringa and the Municipal Hospital of Maringa. Thus, 141 participants of both sexes were eligible for the study. It was accepted by people with the following characteristics: (i) male and female aged between 19 and 65 years old; (ii) present a positive diagnosis for COVID-19 by laboratory confirmation; (iii) having received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine; (iv) being overweight or obese according to the cut-off points established by the World Health Organization [