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People who suffer from this health condition are more likely to die from corona
Obesity is a medical problem that invites quite a few chronic diseases and health problems.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that in the United States, where the percentage of fats is particularly high, more than 73 percent of corona deaths have been obese and extremely obese.
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Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 08:47 Updated: 09:15
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A real danger.
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Over the past year, quite a few studies around the world have reported that overweight people who are infected with the corona virus can get particularly severe illness.
In addition, only recently have researchers warned that vaccine efficacy among overweight people is less.
Now, a large new study, of nearly 150,000 adults in more than 200 hospitals across the United States, paints a more detailed picture of the relationship between weight and Covid-19 disease outcomes.
The study, conducted by a team of researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), confirmed that obesity significantly increases the risk of hospitalization and death among those infected with the virus.
The risk increases as the patient's body mass index (BMI - the ratio of weight to height) increases.
The researchers found that people with a BMI 45, which is defined as severe obesity, were 33 percent more likely to be hospitalized and 62 percent more likely to die than those who were at a normal weight.
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"The study findings highlight the clinical clinical implications for high public BMI, and indicate the need for continued intensive management of Covid-19, especially in patients with severe obesity," said lead author Liodmila Kompanitz of the Division of Nutrition, Exercise and Obesity. In the CDC.
According to the new report, more than 73 percent of deaths from the virus in the U.S. have been obese and overweight. These data are consistent with unhealthy weight rates in the U.S., according to which about 74 percent of Americans are overweight, of which close to 43 percent Obese.
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And despite all that said, the study findings showed that even underweight Covid-19 patients were more hospitalized than normal-weight patients, although their chances of moving to an intensive care unit or dying were the same as those of normal-weight people.
Dr. Companitz and colleagues used a pool of Covid-19 cases to identify 148,494 adults who were diagnosed with the disease in U.S. hospitals from March last year to December. They calculated each patient's BMI and looked for a link and correlation between this index and a variety of difficult outcomes such as hospitalization. Intensive care, mechanical respiration and death.
They found that obesity, which is defined as a BMI of 30 or higher, increased the risk of hospitalization and death. Patients with a body mass index between 30 and 34.9 were more likely to be hospitalized and 8 percent more likely to die. Than people who were at a normal weight, but the risks increased greatly as the book went up.The link between obesity and poor outcomes was strongest among patients under 65, but it existed even among adults.
Obesity increases the risk of hospitalization and death.
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The study also found that patients who were underweight, with a BMI below 18.5, were 20 percent more likely to be hospitalized than those who were healthy.
The reasons are not entirely clear, but may be due to the fact that some of these patients suffered from poor nutrition or suffered from other diseases.
"I did not know right now why this association exists," said Dr. Alison Goodman, a pediatrician and medical epidemiologist at CDC and author Tmsotft of the study.
In any case, the findings highlight the importance of careful management of care for patients with severe obesity, and ensuring For obese people to have access to vaccines and other contraceptives.
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