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30. Overweight but no actual medical problems. Not prescribed any medications. Not a drug, cigarette, or alcohol user.
by causality0 5y ago
30. Overweight but no actual medical problems. Not prescribed any medications. Not a drug, cigarette, or alcohol user.
- brigandish 5y agoI don't mean be invidious, but being overweight is an actual medical problem, one that's been strongly linked[1][2][3] with susceptibility and severity of the disease. I can't recommend reading the World Obesity Atlas pdf enough as it provides possible explanations for the disparities in cases and deaths we've seen in different societies. [1] https://www.worldobesity.org/resources/resource-library/covid-19-and-obesity-the-2021-atlas https://www.worldobesity.org/resources/resource-library/covi... [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excess-weight-and-covid-19-insights-from-new-evidence https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excess-weight-and... [3] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32788355/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32788355/
- 0x737368 5y agoLol at parent comment being downvoted - being overweight is absolutely a medical problem, people need to stop normalising it.