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CDC: 80% of Covid-19 hospitalizations were from overweight or obese people...

Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:16 am
Posted by RollTide1987
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:16 am
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Breaking911 @Breaking911
JUST IN: New CDC study finds that nearly 80% of people hospitalized for Covid-19 were overweight or obese


Posted by Winston Cup
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:17 am to
I saw this report from random internet people on tigerdroppings.com over a year ago
Posted by MrJimBeam
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:17 am to
CDC giving us breaking information we did not already realize.
Posted by Displaced
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:18 am to
Dat free Krispy Kreme doe
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Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:18 am to
“BMI is bullshite though”

- The OT
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:18 am to
Definition of obese is kind of dumb these days
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:19 am to
Posted by RollTide1987
Baltimore, MD
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:19 am to
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Definition of obese is kind of dumb these days



Only to those who are obese and in denial about it.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:19 am to
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CDC: 80% of Covid-19 hospitalizations were from overweight or obese people...
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:20 am to
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New CDC study finds that
quote:

nearly 80%
of people hospitalized for Covid-19 were overweight or obese


I would have guessed higher. I wonder if the remaining 20% had other comorbidities?
Posted by barry
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:20 am to
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JUST IN: New CDC study finds that nearly 80% of people hospitalized for Covid-19 were overweight or obese


Spoiler alert 69% of Americans are overweight or obese.
Posted by awvidrine
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:20 am to
That is nothing new!
Posted by NYNolaguy1
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:20 am to
Breaking news, the majority of folks in America and even more so in Louisiana are overweight or obese.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:21 am to
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CDC: 80% of Covid-19 hospitalizations were from overweight or obese people...


Not surprising since...
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In the United States, 36.5 percent of adults are obese. Another 32.5 percent of American adults are overweight. In all, more than two-thirds of adults in the United States are overweight or obese
Posted by northshorebamaman
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:21 am to
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Definition of obese is kind of dumb these days
Is it healthy to be fat now?
Posted by SUB
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:21 am to
Well, almost 80% of adults are overweight so this is not some groundbreaking stat.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:21 am to
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Spoiler alert 69% of Americans are overweight or obese.


So fatties were over-represented?
Posted by RollTide1987
Baltimore, MD
Member since Nov 2009
71159 posts
Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:21 am to
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I wonder if the remaining 20% had other comorbidities?


I'm willing to bet yes. And my theory is the vast majority of those comorbidities were old age.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:21 am to
They probably aren’t talking 10-15 lbs overweight. Probably talking more like 50+
Posted by kywildcatfanone
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:21 am to
Funny how the narrative has changed since November isn't it?
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