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Obesity Increases The Risk Of Death From The Covid Virus
Hymie | 09:46 Fri 05th Mar 2021 | News
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According to the report by the World Health Organisation, no country where less than 40% of the population is overweight has covid 19 death rates above 10 per 100,000.
But if all of the persons in those countries who died from covid were underweight/normal weight – then being overweight would seem to protect against death from covid. But we don’t know the obesity rates of those that died, so no conclusion can be drawn other than countries with low obesity rates tend to have lower covid death rates (not that obesity increases the risk of death).
It is known that death rates from covid increase significantly with age, but if older people have a tendency to be overweight, this unsubstantiated conclusion could be incorrectly drawn from the data.
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ToraToraTora
ok thanks for that.
09:50 Fri 05th Mar 2021Report
barry1010
I don't know many obese elderly people, in fact I don't know any. Most obese people I know and have seen are under 50.
09:51 Fri 05th Mar 2021Report
dannyk13
Weight decreases with age so not many elderly people are obese.
09:54 Fri 05th Mar 2021Report
davebro
Obesity increases the risk of death from all causes (except starvation)!
09:55 Fri 05th Mar 2021Report
bobbinwales
//then being overweight would seem to protect against death from covid.//
Am not following your points hymie but the above is clearly wrong. Its been said all along that obesity increases your risk but age is of course the major factor and other underlying health issues such as diabetes.
09:56 Fri 05th Mar 2021Report
Sqad
Barry
///I don't know many obese elderly people, in fact I don't know any. Most obese people I know and have seen are under 50.////
That's because the fat ones tend not to live long enough to get into old age.
09:59 Fri 05th Mar 2021Report
bobbinwales
Good point squad
10:00 Fri 05th Mar 2021Report
barry1010
I expect you're right, Sqad, so they are not skewing the data.
10:02 Fri 05th Mar 2021Report
Hymie
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If all the people who died from covid in countries having low obesity rates were underweight/normal weight, and no persons who were obese died due to covid – then it would be incorrect to conclude obesity increases the risk of covid death.
But we don’t know the proportion of those who were obese who died in the above, so no conclusion can be drawn as to the increased risk from covid due to obesity.
"Obesity is a well known risk factor. Health professionals and health scientist's know the main factors"
Aye, especially the fat ones waddling the hospital corridors.