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Report Shows 9 of 10 COVID-19 Deaths Have been in Countries with High Rates of Obesity
2021-03-06
[The Jewish Voice] Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 deaths could have been avoided if obesity rates had not been so high, according to the World Obesity Federation(LINK to STUDY)

The death rate from COVID-19 is 10 times higher in countries where 50% or more of the population is overweight, according to the federation.

From the report’s summary

This report shows that in countries where less than
half the adult population is classified as overweight
the likelihood of death from COVID-19 is a small
fraction — around one tenth — of the level seen in
countries where more than half the population is
classified as overweight. Of the 2.5 million COVID-19
deaths reported by the end of February 2021, 2.2
million were in countries where more than half the
population is classified as overweight

Sky News reported:
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  "Food Deserts" vs. "The Obesity Epidemic". Discuss...
Posted by: tu3031   2021-03-06 18:36  

#6  Study asks for more money: Correlation Is Not Causation again...
Posted by: magpie   2021-03-06 18:25  

#5  Explains the big impact on the Navajo reservation (besides Meteor Crater).
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-03-06 15:49  

#4  Waiting for the stats on the BMI of those who died of / with COVID vs the BMI of the country they lived in. Countries with high rates of COVID mortality have tended to be those with the best record-keeping.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-03-06 13:00  

#3  My daughter-in-law is Type 1 diabetic and was not on the early priority list for the shot, but Type 2 diabetics were high priority.

Only this week did I find out why - Type 2 are mostly overweight, and that's more of a concern.

Her doctor got her an exception and she was vaccinated in late February, about the same time as her 70+ year old parents and her similarly aged in-laws.
Posted by: Bobby   2021-03-06 12:08  

#2  Perhaps too many popcorn events?
Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Hitler6369   2021-03-06 12:05  

#1  So my fork and spoon are actually the problem.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-06 11:58  

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