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  • Wed. Nov 6th, 2024

Overweight people at greater risk from coronavirus, heightened by COVID-19 links to respiratory illness

Overweight people at greater risk from coronavirus, heightened by COVID-19 links to respiratory illness

We’ve heard about the dangers of coronavirus for older people and those with chronic health problems like high blood pressure.

Key points:

  • Research from New York University has found obese COVID-19 patients under 60 were almost twice as likely to need treatment in the ICU
  • Severe obesity increases the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which is a major complication of COVID-19.
  • In Australia, two-thirds of adults are classified as overweight or obese

But new research is pointing to evidence that being overweight or obese might also make the impacts of COVID-19 more severe, particularly for those aged under 60.

The US Centers for Disease Control now lists people who are severely obese as being at a higher risk of complications from COVID-19.

In addition, data out of China has found that obese and overweight patients were five times more prevalent in the numbers of deaths, while a number of studies across the world have confirmed the risk.

Research from the UK’s Intensive Care and National Audit and Research Cent

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