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One year in the Covid-19 pandemic, experts have raised a huge amount of data on how the virus, which was largely unknown there is only 12 months ago, transmits, behaves and affects patients who contract it. And a new study this week from the disease control and prevention centers (CDC) reveals that the vast majority of patients end upCases of serious covids have one thing in common: They are overweight or have been diagnosed with obesity. Read more about what the study has been found and for more information about connections, seeThe vaccine against Pfizer can be less effective if you have this common condition.

For the new CDC study, which was published on March 8 in the CDCWeekly Morbidity and Mortality ReportThe Agency analyzed the cases of 148,494 adults that were diagnosed with COVID-19 during an emergency room or a hospital visit to 238 US hospitals from March to December 2020. Of this number, 71,491 Has been hospitalized and among this cohort, 28.3% were overweight and 50.2% were obese, which means 78.5% of hospitalized people due to overweight Covid-19 were overweight or obese. And for another new report on the virus, you need to know, checkDr. Fauci says that your Covid vaccine protects you for this long.

The study notes that a high body mass index (BMI) was particularly a problem for younger patients in COVID, although it is still a problem for seniors. "Overweight and obesity were factors of risk of invasive mechanical ventilation and obesity was a risk factor for hospitalization and death, particularly among adults under the age of 65," the report is read . "In accordance with previous studies, the dose-response relationship between the risk of hospitalization or death and higher IMC has been particularly pronounced in patients under 65 years of age." And for more age and Covid, discover whyIf you have more than 65 years, you can miss this symptom of Covid..

The CDC reports that obesity currently affects 42.4% of American adults. The Agency added that "the prevalence of the adult IMC greater than or equal to 30 kg / m² (obese status) has increased considerably since the 1970s. Recently, however, this trend has stopped, with the exception of older women.Obesity continued to increase in adult women who are 60 years old and over. "

They also warn that even before Covid strikes,Obesity spared the risk of a multitude of conditions As hypertension, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, certain cancers and sleep apnea. And for more health news delivered directly to your inbox,Sign up for our daily newsletter.

According to the CDC,Your BMI is calculated By your weight in kilograms divided by the square of your size in meters. An BMI of 25 or more is defined as overweight, while 30 or more are defined as obese. Of course, most Americans know their weight in pounds and their size in inches, but the CDC has aBMI Calculator Online which allows anyone to make a quick calculation.

The new study of the Agency concludes that, in order to maintain the healthy public at this dangerous moment, we do not only need to think about obvious measures such as washing hands, but to support fashion changes to entire life: "These results highlight ... the need for intensive management of COVID-19 associated disease, prioritization and masking of continuous vaccines, as well as policies to support healthy behaviors," conclude authors. And for more information on the last pandemic, checkThis is how high the level of risk of Covid is high in your state, shows data.