Posted on Mar 8, 2021
CDC study finds roughly 78% of people hospitalized for Covid were overweight or obese
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"An overwhelming majority of people who have been hospitalized, needed a ventilator or died from Covid-19 have been overweight or obese, the CDC said in a new study Monday."
CDC study finds roughly 78% of people hospitalized for Covid were overweight or obese
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Not a lot of difference:
"Over 73% of U.S. Adults Overweight or Obese"
https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/obesity/90142
"Over 73% of U.S. Adults Overweight or Obese"
https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/obesity/90142
Over 73% of U.S. Adults Overweight or Obese
Obesity rate up by half since 1999-2000, NHANES data indicate; nearly 10% severely obese
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In the ICU I work... the most at risk patients are severely overweight with diabetes as the comorbidity.... if they are also copd... they have a hard road ahead of them....
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