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CDC study finds about 78% of people hospitalized for Covid were overweight or obese


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2021 Mar 8, 10:44am   324 views  3 comments

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An overwhelming majority of people who have been hospitalized, needed a ventilator or died from Covid-19 have been overweight or obese, the CDC said in a new study Monday.
Among 148,494 adults who received a Covid-19 diagnosis during an emergency department or inpatient visit at 238 U.S. hospitals from March to December, 71,491 were hospitalized. Of those who were admitted, 27.8% were overweight and 50.2% were obese, according to the CDC report. Overweight is defined as having a body mass index of 25 or more, while obesity is defined as having a BMI of 30 or more.
The agency found the risk for hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths was lowest among individuals with BMIs under 25. The risk of severe illness "sharply increased," however, as BMIs rose, particularly among people 65 and older, the agency said.
Just over 42% of the U.S. population was considered obese in 2018, according to the agency's most recent statistics.
It doesn't take a lot of extra pounds to be considered overweight or obese. A 5-foot-10-inch man at 175 pounds and 5-foot-4-inch woman at 146 pounds would both be considered overweight with BMIs of just over 25, according to the CDC's BMI calculator. A man and woman of the same heights would be considered obese at 210 pounds and 175 pounds, respectively.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html

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1   clambo   2021 Mar 8, 1:16pm  

Absolutely.
My brother lost 25lbs.
He said he didn't want to eat or drink, but got dehydrated so they took him in and hydrated him.
"Buddha you fat fuck."
2   EBGuy   2021 Mar 8, 7:30pm  

First world problems; meanwhile, parts of India reach herd immunity.

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