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I'm going to issue 2 ignorant assumptions of mine and a "could it be" hypothesis, but assuming 1) That not a lot of Africans are obese and 2) Covid has so far n
by bellyfullofbac 5y ago
I'm going to issue 2 ignorant assumptions of mine and a "could it be" hypothesis, but assuming 1) That not a lot of Africans are obese and 2) Covid has so far not hit Africa that bad; Could it be that their lack of fat tissue is the reason?
Yeah, this is the Internet and I could do research to confirm or deny 1) and 2), but hey I'm just here because I'm distracting myself from work right now.
- belltaco 5y agoThere are several factors, higher Vitamin D levels because of time spent outdoors, median age of the population, co-morbidities including diabetes, levels and availability of testing and gathering data etc. etc.
- whimsicalism 5y agolikely much more to do with 1. poor testing 2. much younger skewing population compared to any other continent.
- hanselot 5y agoI love how people are able to rationalise things while turning a blind eye to something way more obvious. Africans are the least poisoned demographic obviously.
- petesergeant 5y ago> That not a lot of Africans are obese I don't think that's accurate. Eye-balling this[0], northern African and South African women are more obese than most European and US countries, and although men seem less obese, when you look at it overall, over 50-60% of adult South Africans and northern Africans are overweight or obese, compated to 75% of Americans. Obviously cherry-picking a bit here and ignoring western and most of sub-Saharan Africa, but I don't think "not a lot of Africans are obese" stands up as an assumption. [0] https://data.worldobesity.org/rankings/?age=a&sex=f https://data.worldobesity.org/rankings/?age=a&sex=f