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> In the U.S. 78% of people hospitalized for COVID-19 were overweight or obese. According to [0], 70.2% of US adults are overweight or obese. The base rate see
by ctoth 5y ago
> In the U.S. 78% of people hospitalized for COVID-19 were overweight or obese.
According to [0], 70.2% of US adults are overweight or obese. The base rate seems like an important fact when making this point.
[0]: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statisti...
- baybal2 5y ago> According to [0], 70.2% of US adults are overweight or obese[0]. This is really a lot. The last time I was in USA, it did not look like so.
- ctoth 5y agoI agree it sounds high, but remember that anyone over 25 BMI would qualify for this, for both the COVID and population-level stats.
- ectopod 5y agoIn the UK it is 62.8%. Americans don't seem especially fat because we're all fat. In many countries, anyway.
- allturtles 5y agoWhere were you? the 30% who aren't overweight are concentrated near the areas where a traveler would be most likely to visit (e.g. New York City, major California urban areas, ski resorts). In most small/medium towns/cities you will see most people are overweight.
- castlecrasher2 5y ago"Overweight" is not a terribly high bar to reach. The CDC defines it as "BMI is 25.0 to <30", which for an individual like myself at 6'1" is just 179 lbs, a weight at which I was rail thin and low-muscle mass.
- allturtles 5y agoAccording to https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmi..., 6' 1" reaches 25 BMI at 190 pounds. That seems about right to me for overweight. If you are very muscular it might be inaccurate, but most people aren't.
- umanwizard 5y ago6’1” at 179 lbs corresponds to a BMI of 23.6 which is considered in the normal range.
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- giantg2 5y agoAgree. The highest "normal" BMI for my height would require 15 lbs of weight loss. I'll say I could stand to loose upto 10 lbs. I've never been in the normal range in my adult life.
- tluyben2 5y agoI went almost normal (also for the first time in my adult life) and friends and girls (I was unattached at the time) told me I looked like I had a terminal wasting disease. And that was still about 5kg higher than what would be my normal range. So I gave up on that: it is a lot of work and I look like the grim reaper after.
- giantg2 5y agoYeah, in college I dropped to about 190 for a semester (I guess I was 18 at that point, but barely). People would ask me if I was ok or sick or something.
- gfe8ygighjb7 5y agoWhen lockdown started, I was barely not overweight but now I am officially overweight. People still call me skinny. It is crazy how our perception of normal has changed.
- tluyben2 5y agoHave a stroll through Disney World on a sunny day.
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