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Vendors wearing protective face masks wait for shoppers at the popular San Juan food market in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Mexico's capital has shut down museums, bars, gyms, churches, theaters, and other non-essential businesses that gather large numbers of people, in an attempt to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Vendors wearing protective face masks wait for shoppers at the popular San Juan food market in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Mexico's capital has shut down museums, bars, gyms, churches, theaters, and other non-essential businesses that gather large numbers of people, in an attempt to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

March 25, 2020

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Coronavirus could hit Mexico's high obesity, diabetes rates
March 25, 2020 8:59 p.m.

Coronavirus could hit Mexico's high obesity, diabetes rates

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic could be especially deadly in Mexico because of the country's high rates of obesity and diabetes, a coalition of consumer and health advocacy groups said Wednesday.