This is the key "predictor" that you could die from COVID, declares a new study
The good news? There is something you can do about it.
Early in the pandemic, a number of risk factors forCOVID-19 [Feminine have been immediately identified, ranging from age and sex to the type of body. The researchers warned that obesity, defined by theCenters for Disaster Control and PreventionAs anyone with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 and over was one of the primary health conditions that would make a person of any age, more susceptible to severe Covid-19 infection as well as death. This month, a new study found that obesity could be more influential to determine the coronavirus results that are previously supposed. Read more about the new study on obesity and the death of Covid and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss these Without signs that you have already had coronavirus.
To be overweight is a "very significant predictor" of the death of Covid
According to a report published Wednesday,COVID-19 and obesity: the atlas of 2021The CVIV-19 mortality rate could be up to ten times higher in countries where more than half of the population is overweight. It identifies being overweight as a "very significant predictor" of severe infection, including complications as a result of the virus-hospitalization, ICU stays and mechanical ventilation. It also describes the condition as a "predictor of death" in terms of COVID. On the flipside, the countries where less than 40% of the population are obese, there were fewer deaths related to Covid.
They identified the United Kingdom, the United States and Italy as a country where more than half of the population is overweight and where the mortality rate was much higher, while Vietnam has the lowest Overweight level with the second covidage mortality rate in the world.
"An overweight population is an unhealthy population and a pandemic waiting can happen," explained the report.
They also noted that those under 60 with an IMC between 30 and 34, were twice as likely to be admitted to the ICU as those with BMI under 30 years. Reduce a major risk factor, overweight would have resulted in much less stress. Health services and reduces the need to protect these services to be submerged, "he wrote.
On the CDC website, they describe how obesity comes into play with COVID-19. "Have obesity increases the risk of COVID-19 serious illness. Overweight people can also be at increased risk," they write. "HavingObesity can triple the risk of hospitalization due to a CIVID-19 infection. "They add that obesity is also linked to an altered immune function, it decreases the capacity and the pulmonary reserve and that the ventilation can make the ventilation more difficult and that the BMI increases the risk of Covid's death. In In addition, they emphasize that studies have shown that obesity can be linked to a reduction in vaccine responses for many diseases.
They also offer a number of measures to lower your IMC, including eating healthy diet, stay active, reduce stress levels and sleep enough.
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What if you are worried about your IMC
If you are worried about your BMI, you need to contact a health professional and discuss your options. Follow the fundamentals of Fauci and help put an end to this pandemic, no matter where you live:facial maskwhich adapts perfectly and is double layers, do not travel, the social distance, avoid the big crowds, do not go inside with people you do not go with (especially in the bars), practice a good hand hygiene, get vaccinated when it becomes available to you, and protect your life and the lives of others, do not visit these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.