Obesity increases mortality from COVID-19
 

Fat is not healthy. :icon_wink:

Thin bears don't survive the winter!:icon_wink:

Might be easier to list the countries where most adults are NOT overweight. :icon_wink:

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Thin is in but Fat is where it's at. :1rotfl:

Must be nice to sit in your Ivory Tower and Throw Stones.

What shortcoming do you have?

:boxing2::boxing2: :mademyday:

The facts are being obese increases your chances of dying from covid. Just getting covid does not mean you are going to die. Recovery rate is about 99.5%. Just the facts ma’am.

CNN also reported if your left big toe nail grows faster than your right big toe nail, death rate is 18 times higher.

Why is everyone being so snarky? Use the article to help your loved ones under 65. The state is currently allowing vaccines for those under 65 with underlying conditions. Maybe they qualify and could get the vaccine earlier? Try to look on the bright side instead of seeing everything as an insult.

Stress is proven to be hazardous to your health. Some of these stories are IN THE REAL WORLD, where I live simply ridiculous.

A story on CNN saying that Covid 19 is worse for fat people is a spin to fill air time.
What does it really mean? Perhaps, in countries where people are well fed you are more likely to receive medical care rather than being buried in a field or simple left at a dump.

I am 70 plus. Perhaps in perspective it is good that this is killing old people-us.
The plague for example took out half the people in Europe they were of all ages and that caused changes in society. We should we must deal with what is.

Increased Mortality
 

Good information for us weight challenged folks. Obesity increases many health issues, high blood pressure, risk of certain cancers, medical costs, diabetes, etc.... As a members of the fat folks club we just add this to our list of health related issues to help focus our attempt at a healthier lifestyle.

The largest factor in mortality from Covid-19 is age. We Americans are overweight, stop being superior and haughty.

95 Percent of Americans Killed by COVID Were 50+

There is no accurate data about the recovery rate so be careful what you quote. The actual facts are that 523,000 are dead in the USA from this virus and for them the recovery rate is zero.

Sadly ain’t gonna happen on TOTV. Even if a poster says nothing insulting, you can count on it being followed by an insult eventually.

Tough crowd here. Welcome to America’s friendliest hometown.

Not all Americans are overweight. And not everyone who points this out is claiming superiority or being haughty.

That is true...but most are and some are.

Lots of fat 80+ in the villages so.???

Makes me wonder if those who deny the adverse health effects of obesity (not saying that’s you necessarily, Nick) are the same ones who deny the danger of Covid.

Whatever the case, you can’t deny the benefits of optimism and positive thinking.

My intention in posting this study was simply to provide factual information on COVID-19. At my present age of 79 I am highly aware I am in a high mortality rate age group for COVID-19 and lead my life accordingly.

A couple days ago, three weeks after my first vaccination shot, I finally went in for a haircut. It had been 13 months and I looked like Albert Einstein on a bad hair day. It turns out my caution was warranted. The relatively young two barbers in the shop had gotten and recovered from COVID-19. The other, a man near my age, did not directly respond to my asking him if he had had it. He told me that around Thanksgiving he had had two surgeries removing one kidney and half of the other. Maybe that was from COVID-19, maybe it was not. I don't know. Two doctors I know working with COVID-19 patients tell me their hospitals never ran short of ventilators but they did on dialysis machines as the virus can cause kidney issues. BTW, the barber who had the kidney surgery is probably 40 pounds overweight.

Fasts? Obesity increases chance of dying, smoking increases chance of dying, drinking alcohol increases chance of dying. Now add Covid to the equation and it increases chance of dying. Facts; old people die even if the never smoked , drank, overweight, or had Covid.

I’ve been cutting my own hair for 40 years. But, I’m not the man about town. :icon_wink:

Back in March last year a renown weight loss surgeon observed that his obese patients who worked very hard to lose their weight, were dropping like flies from Covid. He posted a video explaining how Covid kills:

Mar. 29, 2020 — Dr. Duc Vuong, the World's #1 Weight Loss Surgeon and author, explains why the obese population are at increased risk....

Unhealthy people have a higher risk of dying from a virus.
In other news: Where's muh beer?

Now Now Gracie

According to vitals.com, a user rating site fueled by patients and customers. Not everyone agrees with you this guy is the "World's #1 Weightloss Surgeon"

Narcissist Posted on February 10th, 2021:


Dr. Duc Vuong

Arrogant and rude money grabber that will nickel and dime you to death. When you decline a scheme he gets ANGRY and calls names. Very childish.

Posted on April 6th, 2020

Full of himself. He’s a mean jerk.

The CDC has a report that accounts for all the announced Covid deaths for the past year, and actually admits that only 6% of these deaths were directly from Covid-19, and they go on to list the other 94% saying that these fatalities were people who had serious underlying conditions (cancer, pneumonia, etc.), but had tested positive for the Covid-19.
I watched an Illinois governor's televised press conference, where when he was pressed into answering a Covid question, where he stumbled for an answer, and turned it over to their head medical representative who said that IF YOU TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, and died in a car accident, it was counted as a Covid death. If you were in hospice care and expected to live for only a week or two, and had tested positive, your death was counted as a Covid death. If you had tested positive and died from any other situation, it was counted as a Covid death, and that the state of Illinois will continue this practice.
So how can we believe the media, or for that matter the CDC? Yesterday they announced that if you have had the vaccine, that you don't really need to wear a mask. Last week they said that you do.
So I'm cynical. While I do believe that Covid does spread quickly, and more people catch it than they do the flu, the mortality rate is exaggerated to the 'nth degree. I also believe that has been politicized to the detriment of this country. I also believe "follow the $$$".

One of our favorite responses on this board is “source please.”

Check out the number of excess deaths on the CDC website. Since the number of deaths, regardless of the reason, is normally pretty consistent from year to year, an increase in the number of deaths (excess deaths) in 2020 is attributable, either directly or indirectly, to the coronavirus. The number of excess deaths since the pandemic started is about 500,000. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see a drop in total deaths ( from what would be the normal number) over the next couple of years. The virus has killed a bunch of older people before their time.

Weight easy to put on, hard as hail to loose, and it must always come back. Now add can’t stop eating, can’t exercise , can’t hardly walk 10 yards, weight not going anywhere.

I agree, if go by WHO standards, at 6 foot my weight suppose to be 165-170. I’m considered overweight at 175. But, over weight at 190 by below standards. Which considered me too thin at 165 and unhealthily.

Calculate your BMI, correctly rated according to age and sex

By WHO standards we are considered overweight.

I was 165 lbs at birth. I spent the last 30 years trying to get rid of the demon weight. I even had a Gastric Bypass 14 years ago. I think I want a refund.

Facts are Facts and this one hurts but it's true. The extra weight does NOTHING good for you. Stressing about losing weight doesn't help you either. I wish I had committed myself more early on to be successful with keeping the weight off. I didn't. I've lost over 50 lbs during the Pandemic. Big Deal.

If today is my day to go for the big ride then I leave here grateful for every experience I've had. The good and the bad. I think that's called life.

It was the Damn Meatball Sangwiches at Wawa and Culver's Concrete Mixers and all the great restaurants in The Villages falt. Not really I own it all. Look what it took for me to listen. Nobody held me down and force-fed me a spoonful.

I was told by my primary Doctor at the beginning of this entire mess that if I get Covid I'm done. I listened to him and have been a model citizen ever since.

Stay Safe and Take Care.

Fifty pounds IS a big deal! Congratulations!