> A study estimated that nearly two-thirds of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. could be attributed to obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart failure.
> This research further highlights the burden of heart and metabolic diseases in the U.S. Almost 3 in 4 U.S. adults is overweight or obese. Nearly half of people have prediabetes or diabetes.
> “Medical providers should educate patients who may be at risk for severe COVID-19 and consider promoting preventive lifestyle measures, such as improved dietary quality and physical activity, to improve overall cardiometabolic health,” says O’Hearn.
I'm sure I'll get downvoted for saying this but I find it interesting how we can go so far as to terminate large numbers of people from their jobs if they refuse to get vaccinated, even if they have natural immunity, but it's basically blasphemy to talk about how fat and metabolically and cardiovascularly unhealthy large numbers of people in countries like the US are[1].
Incidentally, it's becoming more and more evident that the people who are more likely to have bad outcomes in breakthrough cases are...the same people who are more likely to have bad outcomes when unvaccinated[2]. And there's even some evidence that men with high BMIs have poorer immune responses to the vaccines to begin with[3]. Which isn't surprising either.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/01/sweetgreen-ceos-linkedin-pos...
[2] https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/health/severe-breakthrough-ca...
[3] https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210907/COVID-19-vaccine-...
> This research further highlights the burden of heart and metabolic diseases in the U.S. Almost 3 in 4 U.S. adults is overweight or obese. Nearly half of people have prediabetes or diabetes.
> “Medical providers should educate patients who may be at risk for severe COVID-19 and consider promoting preventive lifestyle measures, such as improved dietary quality and physical activity, to improve overall cardiometabolic health,” says O’Hearn.
I'm sure I'll get downvoted for saying this but I find it interesting how we can go so far as to terminate large numbers of people from their jobs if they refuse to get vaccinated, even if they have natural immunity, but it's basically blasphemy to talk about how fat and metabolically and cardiovascularly unhealthy large numbers of people in countries like the US are[1].
Incidentally, it's becoming more and more evident that the people who are more likely to have bad outcomes in breakthrough cases are...the same people who are more likely to have bad outcomes when unvaccinated[2]. And there's even some evidence that men with high BMIs have poorer immune responses to the vaccines to begin with[3]. Which isn't surprising either.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/01/sweetgreen-ceos-linkedin-pos...
[2] https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/health/severe-breakthrough-ca...
[3] https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210907/COVID-19-vaccine-...