Interestingly, while obesity is a real health problem for younger people with COVID-19, it seemed to help these older persons get through the time of the infection.
I’ve always said I’d rather die fat and happy, than skinny and sad.
Finally — a covid report I can put my full weight behind!
OK, I could be wrong, but I think this is utter nonsense!
I think the best possible state for an older person to be in if they contract covid is to be of reasonable weight and well-nourished.
To be old, thin, frail and undernourished is obliviously a problem but it does not mean being well-fed, old and fat is good...
And I would think that being old, fat, and poorly-nourished would be about the worst condition.
Don't be poorly-nourished and don't be fat is my recommendation...seems pretty intuitive to me...
Being fat and old is NOT good.
I’ve had recent experience with the population of a couple of “independent living” and “assisted living” facilities in the Los Angeles area. There are some younger adults in assisted living (some high-functioning autists for example), but most are in the 70+ demographic.
It’s not a scientific sample, but there were some overweight, but not obese 70 year olds. There were no obese or overweight 80-90+ year olds. The obese are all dead by then. So if you’re dealing with people in these age categories, and based only on my own observations, almost everyone would be at a normal weight, or slightly underweight. That’s just the population you’re dealing with.
And all sorts of things can kill you when you’re 90. Tripping and falling down. The flu. Just running out of winters.
This report isn’t surprising, but not really enlightening, either.
ConservativeMind wrote: “Interestingly, while obesity is a real health problem for younger people with COVID-19, it seemed to help these older persons get through the time of the infection.”
I had weight loss surgery (gastric sleeve) in Feb 2020. I lost eighty pounds. I’ve added 12 back, almost all (9 pounds) muscle from hitting the gym five times a week. I’m 75.
At my last visit with the dietician at the weight loss center, she told she would like for me to increase my fat percentage, that 17.5% was too low for someone of my age.
Been working on being less overweight...and now this! But actually I will keep trying to be less overweight as I am in little danger of being underweight, and covid is far from the only health problem out there.
It has been known for many years that the aged are more at risk when under weight than over weight. But most people never hear that.
So this explains how I never got covid while not missing a day of work, rarely ever wearing a mask, travelling to Florida twice, Vegas once, numerous concerts and eating out every Saturday night with my wife and kids lololol
I BEAT ANOREXIA!!!
These people can never make up their minds.....and refuse to use data based on what they want to project not what actually is.
I know several people who had relatives die from covid.....over 75, .overweight and underlying issues developed thru their treatment.
A neighbor in my hometown got covid. Male 75, good health overall, within weeks he wasn’t expected to live....Buried this week. About a month from onset....now his 54 yr. old son has it.
I can lose weight easily. Problem is when I get down to nearly where they say I should be my bones start hitting and rubbing together They also pinch the nerves in my back giving me lots of pain.
So I’ve found I am better off being 20 lb overweight with fat cells acting as shock absorbers for my back nerves.
Sure fat is healthy if you like diabetes , high BP and wearing a CPAP to bed. Sore backs and worn out joints love the extra weight also.
Thank goodness.
Still holding off on Fauci death jab #3. Get me a butternut donut.