Every day, Le Parisien takes action to answer your questions about the coronavirus. Today, we are looking at Nadine's question: "What is the link between obesity and coronavirus? "
As of his intervention on Thursday March 12, Emmanuel Macron, the President of the Republic underlined it: the Covid-19 can have very serious consequences in particular "for those and those who are old or affected by chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity or cancer. "
The next day, Professor Pierre-Louis Druais, member of the scientific committee consulted by Emmanuel Macron, added on France Info: "Among the young people, it was noted that there were factors that were derogatory on the subjects which, for example, managing obesity. "
More generally, the site of the Ministry of Health in its article “Coronavirus: who are the fragile people? "Specifies that those" with morbid obesity - with a body mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 40 - constitute subjects at risk ".
Hypertension and diabetes
The website of the League against obesity recalls that "according to many doctors, overweight and obese people are more likely to have other risk factors for coronavirus, such as hypertension and diabetes, which explains part of the increase in serious illness and death among patients. However, the medical profession believes that obesity is known to weaken the immune system. In addition, being overweight makes it more difficult for the diaphragm and the lungs to function. "
The latest studies from China, the United Kingdom, countries and the United States all confirm this trend.
Thus, since March 18, these people "whose state of health leads them to be considered as presenting a risk of developing a severe form of the Covid-19 disease" can connect to the declare.ameli.fr site to request to be work stoppages.
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