Obesity a driving factor in COVID-19 deaths

[MikePal]

Well it's about time we see this headline...comorbidity issues (in this case obesity) were the primary cause of over 90% of the deaths attributed to Covid.

But we've heard very little about that, instead they said Covid was disproportionately affecting 'racialized' communities, blaming poverty etc...but as this study show, it was because they were Obese.

Why not call a spade a spade...they died because they were too fat..leading to associated health issues like diabetes and high blood pressure.

LONDON (Reuters) - The majority of global COVID-19 deaths have been in countries where many people are obese, with coronavirus fatality rates 10 times higher in nations where at least 50% of adults are overweight, a global study found on Thursday.

The report, which described a "dramatic" correlation between countries' COVID-19 death and obesity rates, found that 90% or 2.2 million of the 2.5 million deaths from the pandemic disease so far were in countries with high levels of obesity.

The study analysed the COVID-19 death figures from Johns Hopkins University in the United States and the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory data on obesity.

Strikingly, the authors said, there is no example of a country where people are generally not overweight or obese having high COVID-19 death rates.

"Look at countries like Japan and South Korea, where they have very low levels of COVID-19 deaths as well as very low levels of adult obesity," said Tim Lobstein, an expert advisor to the World Obesity Federation and visiting professor at Australia's Sydney University who co-led the report.

[impact]

Agreed. An American McBarf meal with a 2 liter sugary coke is a recipe for health disaster.

No worries, Bill Gates will fix that....lol

[GW11]

Good post! I read an article quite a while back about how obese people have a lot of fatty tissue around their respiratory tracts, which creates an ideal situation for inflammation from the viral infection to kill them. Made sense, but didn't hear much more about it. You know, kind of the same way it is for most of the covid-related stuff that makes any sense, you don't hear much of it.

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[Gilroy]

Well it's about time we see this headline...comorbidity issues (in this case obesity) were the primary cause of over 90% of the deaths attributed to Covid.

But we've heard very little about that, instead they said Covid was disproportionately affecting 'racialized' communities, blaming poverty etc...but as this study show, it was because they were Obese.

Why not call a spade a spade...they died because they were too fat..leading to associated health issues like diabetes and high blood pressure.

Its a shame you do not have the common sense to associate cheap food sources with poor communities. This type of food is eaten because its cheap and very available in the U.S. Obesity has now been linked to gut microbiota and its health. Given that people are now using anti biotics from a yonge age and the microbes which were good are wiped out obesity is on the rise.
Countries like Japan and South Korea have lower levels of obesity because they eat healthier food's, fresh fish ,fresh vegetables. Lot's of studies on obesity and its causes and its an over simplification to say people who are fat caused their own problems.

[GW11]

Its a shame you do not have the common sense to associate cheap food sources with poor communities. This type of food is eaten because its cheap and very available in the U.S. Obesity has now been linked to gut microbiota and its health. Given that people are now using anti biotics from a yonge age and the microbes which were good are wiped out obesity is on the rise.
Countries like Japan and South Korea have lower levels of obesity because they eat healthier food's, fresh fish ,fresh vegetables. Lot's of studies on obesity and its causes and its an over simplification to say people who are fat caused their own problems.

It's funny you think fast food is actually cheap.

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[Gilroy]

It's funny you think fast food is actually cheap.

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Not really remember we are talking the USA here. Its cheap if you want to compare it to food that is good for you.

Go out and buy yourself a nice piece of wild caught salmon and make a salad with Avocados, tomatoes,... glass of red wine and you get the idea.

[Ata83]

Obesity for sure has a huge effect in recovering from any sort of illness. can not be disputed.

but poverty increases the chance of getting the Virus to begin with. Alot ppl have been working from home for the past 1+ year. not everyone can do that. it also effects ones nutrients, alot of the cheaper foods that fill you up lack macro nutrients and vitamines and so on. ... personal Hygiene could be another one.

[Fisherman]

Well maybe this will scare some into thinking twice before they put that MCrap stulff et all in their system, but I really doubt it.

[greatwhite]

Ever check out the fat food outlets in Canada, they are always full of people and not poor people. Cost more to eat at a fast food place then to eat at home.

Its a shame you do not have the common sense to associate cheap food sources with poor communities. This type of food is eaten because its cheap and very available in the U.S. Obesity has now been linked to gut microbiota and its health. Given that people are now using anti biotics from a yonge age and the microbes which were good are wiped out obesity is on the rise.
Countries like Japan and South Korea have lower levels of obesity because they eat healthier food's, fresh fish ,fresh vegetables. Lot's of studies on obesity and its causes and its an over simplification to say people who are fat caused their own problems.

[MikePal]

but poverty increases the chance of getting the Virus to begin with.

Not necessarily..from the CDC:

Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005–2008

Among men, obesity prevalence is generally similar at all income levels, however, among non-Hispanic black and Mexican-American men those with higher income are more likely to be obese than those with low income.

Higher income women are less likely to be obese than low income women, but most obese women are not low income.

There is no significant trend between obesity and education among men. Among women, however, there is a trend, those with college degrees are less likely to be obese compared with less educated women.

Between 1988–1994 and 2007–2008 the prevalence of obesity increased in adults at all income and education levels.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db50.htm