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In reply to the discussion: Is weight a factor for severe Covid? It's not clear! [View all]lindysalsagal
(20,686 posts)29. I would assume that being seriously overweight makes all kinds of healing more difficult
in all circumstances. Americans need to drop the fast food/sugar addiction. Fast food is everywhere and it's killing us.
I'm not a vegan or vegetarian: I eat lean meats and fish. So this isn't a moral stance: It's a fact that american fast food is engineered like tobacco to cause addiction, and in order to beat it, you just have to go off it totally.
If we didn't have multi-national conglomerates saturating the market, local family businesses might be able to offer healthier scratch cooking and remain in business. But as things stand, they can't compete with the advertising and street marketing and brain washing. Plus, the franchises can pay far less for raw foods, making their profit margins higher.
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I would assume that being seriously overweight makes all kinds of healing more difficult
lindysalsagal
Apr 2021
#29
I'm the opposite: I wish my waist to height were better, but my bmi is great.
lindysalsagal
Apr 2021
#30
I know that baldness is a factor, and I've purchased several toupees to mitigate this.
Beakybird
Apr 2021
#11
"Of those who were admitted... 50.2% were obese ...42% of the U.S. population was considered obese"
BornADemocrat
Apr 2021
#16
Seems pretty clear to me. This is not fat shaming. It is a clear risk factor.
SoonerPride
Apr 2021
#33
Acknowledging that obesity is a significant complicating factor in covid cases
Ocelot II
Apr 2021
#26
Weight is usually related to other conditions that might be more significant.
Act_of_Reparation
Apr 2021
#27
The evidence is pretty clear. It is a co-morbility. The more one is overweight the more deadly it is
SoonerPride
Apr 2021
#32