78% of the hospitalized with covid were overweight or obese but over 71% of all Americans are overweight or obese so it would seem it is not quite the risk factor as they want you to believe but that said the black broad on cosmopolitan is fat, no doubt about it and being overweight or obese is NOT healthy and is associated with many health problems.
The problem with those statistics is how to measure obesity. BMI is a horrible index that ignores a lot of factors.
I've been in great shape at 240 and am in great shape at 210. But I'd have been considered obese at 240 just because of a chart? Anyone who lifts weights will fall under this umbrella.
It is the single most common health condition doing those with bad outcomes and if you look at the commormidities, diabetes and high blood pressure are I believe the most common. NYC used to disclose the breakdown but stopped doing it around April last year. Lung disease and I think heart disease were not as associated as you would think. It was clearly the stuff that was weight related.
Also vitamin D levels are hard to maintain in obese people, and D deficiency is known to lead to worse outcomes.
78% of the hospitalized with covid were overweight or obese but over 71% of all Americans are overweight or obese so it would seem it is not quite the risk factor as they want you to believe but that said the black broad on cosmopolitan is fat, no doubt about it and being overweight or obese is NOT healthy and is associated with many health problems.
The problem with those statistics is how to measure obesity. BMI is a horrible index that ignores a lot of factors.
I've been in great shape at 240 and am in great shape at 210. But I'd have been considered obese at 240 just because of a chart? Anyone who lifts weights will fall under this umbrella.
But yeah, too many American fatties.
Dude, I know what you mean. When I was lifting I was 195 and swole, but according to BMI I was obese.
I think for my height I am supposed to be like 160 pounds to be “normal weight”.
I would be a stick person if I was that fucking skinny. I wouldn’t be able to do anything I want to without getting tired. It’s a fucking scam!
Yup. I'm 6'3" and those charts want me at below 180, like I'm some Euro-fag.
I guess muscle-shaming is now a thing.
Don’t forget shaming us for eating a lot of meat. My sisters did that to me. I’d eat a whole chicken in one meal.
It’s soy and bugs for you. You’re too big and strong. You can resist! Don’t be a bigot!
And then there is the obesity paradox.
It is the single most common health condition doing those with bad outcomes and if you look at the commormidities, diabetes and high blood pressure are I believe the most common. NYC used to disclose the breakdown but stopped doing it around April last year. Lung disease and I think heart disease were not as associated as you would think. It was clearly the stuff that was weight related.
Also vitamin D levels are hard to maintain in obese people, and D deficiency is known to lead to worse outcomes.