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To: 9YearLurker

CDC study finds about 78% of people hospitalized for Covid were overweight or obese.. CDC found the risk for hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths was lowest among individuals with BMIs under 25..

Overweight is defined as having a body mass index of 25 or more, while obesity is defined as having a BMI of 30 or more.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html


7 posted on 07/17/2021 12:37:45 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

those bmi’s are for midgets

it used to be over 33 was slightly obese
25 would be a stick figure in westerners


58 posted on 07/17/2021 5:28:13 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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