3 Bay Area counties share information in report released by CDC
By Mike Moffitt, SFGATE
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FILE: Emergency medical technicians move a stretcher at the Entrance Care and Rehab Center on Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Hayward, Calif.
FILE: Emergency medical technicians move a stretcher at the Gateway Care and Rehab Center on Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Hayward, Calif.
Picture: Ben Margot/Associated Press.
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Photo: Ben Margot/Associated Press.
FILE: Emergency medical technicians move a stretcher at the Entrance Care and Rehabilitation Center on Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Hayward, Calif.
FILE: Emergency medical technicians move a stretcher at the Gateway Care and Rehab Center on Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Hayward, Calif.
Photo: Ben Margot/Associated Press.
Americans’ addiction to oily unhealthy food and heaping meal parts, disparities in access to healthy food and sitting for hours on end have actually made us particularly susceptible to COVID-19
The United States has more obese individuals– about 40 percent of the general population– than any other major country, and weight problems has actually been connected to chronic, preventable diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. Any of those conditions can result in a more severe outcome of COVID-19
A recent analysis of hospital network data discovered that 48 percent of patients being dealt with for the disease were obese.
The COVID-NET report, released on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, looked at 1,482 patients in 99 counties nationwide, including Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties in California. The information were gathered between March 1 and March 31.
The data showed that 9 of 10 clients had a hidden medical condition, including:
— High Blood Pressure: 49.7%
— Diabetes: 28.3%
— Chronic lung illness: 34.6%
— Heart disease: 27.8%
— Obesity: 48.3%
While the report does not verify weight problems as an independent risk aspect, when it occurs in combination with a hidden medical condition it can worsen the intensity of COVID-19
For clients aged 18 to 49, obesity was the most common underlying condition, according to the study. Nearly 60 percent of those hospitalized were overweight.
The CDC defines an overweight person as one with a body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or more, for example, a 6-foot-tall male who weighs 217 pounds. (Exception: Muscular physiques might have high BMIs without being obese or perhaps obese.)
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Mike Moffitt is an SFGATE Digital Reporter. Email: moffitt@sfgate.com. Twitter: @Mike_at_SFGate
