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Vitamin D deficiency is also caused by obesity, for example and is a symptom of bad metabolic health in general.

• nradov 5y ago
  Well the other three conditions they listed (diabetes, hypertension, and heart failure) are also frequently caused by obesity.
  • chrischen 5y ago
    Maybe it’s all just obesity?
    • catlikesshrimp 5y ago
      No. Although obesity is a risk factor for the other three, it is not necessary for any. Heart failure is a loss of function, the other three aren't per se.
    • darthvoldemort 5y ago
      Except most obese people don't have issues with COVID. This is the thing that is most confounding about COVID. Most comorbidities only increase the risk factor by a little. The biggest and most reliable risk factor is age. We know there is almost no risk below the age of 5, and 15% chance of death over 75.
      • nradov 5y ago
        Severe obesity increases the risk by more than a little. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-3742 https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-3742
        • darthvoldemort 5y ago
          Yes, it's a little. A 20% increase over a small number is still a small number. I'm not talking relative risk, I'm talking overall risk. Most overweight people still have mild symptoms or were asymptomatic. The single factor that had the highest predictive factor for complications was age.
  • fsckboy 5y ago
    > caused by obesity IANADr but I think type 2 diabetes is caused by too much sugar in the diet, and so is obesity.