Posted on 04/14/2021 4:46:11 PM PDT by EBH
A study by researchers in California who examined more than 48,000 adult patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 from January 2020 through October 2020 shows that lack of exercise in the years prior to them contracting COVID-19 made them more likely to be hospitalized or die of the illness. “Patients with COVID-19 who were consistently inactive had a greater risk of hospitalization, admission to the ICU and death due to COVID-19 than patients who were consistently meeting physical activity guidelines,” the researchers from the Department of Family and Sports Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Fontana wrote in the study, which was published this week by the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Even moderate exercise was seen as a positive for those who contracted COVID-19. “Patients who were consistently inactive also had a greater risk of hospitalization admission to the ICU and death due to COVID-19 than patients who were doing some physical activity,” the report said.
The average age of patients observed in the study was 47 and 60 percent were women. In terms of body mass index, or BMI, the average of those studied was 31, which is just above the level that is considered obese in the U.S. The researchers relied on self-reporting from patients on the amount of exercise they either did or didn’t do over the two years prior to the COVID-19 diagnosis. According to the researchers, a lack of physical activity was a more serious risk factor than most of those outlined by the CDC, including “advanced age, sex (male) and the presence of underlying comorbidities, such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease.” Only advanced age and a history of organ transplant were greater risks than physical activity, the study showed.
A fair number of people who used to exercise regularly stopped doing so because the government forced the fitness centers to close. How convenient.
So let’s make sure to lock everyone down in their houses!
My gym’s chain bankrupted and closed bunches of locations. I will never forgive my state’s leadership for this travesty.
Now, I could be wrong, but I think everyone is more likely to die.
I wonder if this is another proxy for Vitamin D? People who exercised regularly likely also spent more time outdoors?
What does this have to do with the weather?
I wonder if this isn’t a useless fact. For example they said that half the people admitted to hospitals with covid were obese... but just about half the country is obese so it’s a meaningless statistic.
“Patients who were consistently inactive also had a greater risk of hospitalization...”
Ulp!
I ate some carrots. Anyone who eats carrots doesn’t make it. I’m doomed.
Sunshine and Vitamin D?
They’ve known since almost the beginning that obesity was one of the most important - perhaps the most important - comorbidity.
The US, Mexico, Brazil are relatively fat countries. Japan, Vietnam, other Asian countries, not so much. The relative death tolls in those countries should not be surprising.
It is the same for every disease.
And those who say they cannot exercise because of lockdowns are full of it.
Their gym may be closed, but they can walk or ride that bike in the garage.
Innumerable options besides the gym.
In Feb of last year, when it was clear that morbid obesity was the #2 comorbidity, 2nd only to old age, I wondered if COVID could possibly convince fat people that they should stay fit to protect themselves. Wow, was THAT a crazy thought! Instead, I watched as morbidly obese people claimed it was all a hoax, even as they gasped for air in a hospital bed.
Hill sprints, pull ups on tree branches, push ups, yoga, heavy stone lifting and throwing...
Just a repeat of earlier studies.
Did you know that people who walk more, live longer?
Of course they do.
Are people who walk more healthier because they walk more.
Or, do they walk more because they’re healthier?
Doing everyday things is lotsa exercise for millions. Quarantining well people was NOT the way to go.
I made two big life style changes, not because of COVID but because I was unhappy with where I was.
I had gastric sleeve surgery in Jan20. I’ve lost 80 pounds.
My gym was only closed for about a month. They’ve reopened and I’m in the gym five days a week. Lifting weights. Not yoga stuff.
My BMI is high at just under 30 but my body fat is 15%. My dietician doesn’t want me to lower the body fat any more.
“I wonder if this is another proxy for Vitamin D? People who exercised regularly likely also spent more time outdoors?”
I don’t think so. Many people exercise indoors (gyms), and those who exercise outside don’t necessarily do it at the right time of day on a sunny day, with sufficient skin exposed to stimulate adequate production of Vitamin D.
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