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Nearly all NYC coronavirus patients had underlying health conditions, study finds
by Jordyn Pair · Apr 23rd, 2020 7:52 am![]()
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Last Updated Apr 23rd, 2020 at 8:29 am
Nearly all the patients hospitalized for the coronavirus in New York City had underlying health conditions, according to a new study.
Health records showed that 94% of the 5,700 patients in the Northwell Health system — which has had the most patients in the country during the pandemic — had at least one disease other than COVID-19, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. 88% had more than one ailment on top of coronavirus.
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Careful old porkers
Guess what, 40% of the American population meets the definition for obesity with and BMI of 30 or greater as of 2019. Its predicted that number will reach 50% by the year 2030.(According to research done by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, it is estimated that around 40% of Americans are considered obese, and 18% are considered severely obese as of 2019. Severe obesity is defined as a BMI over 35 in the study. Their projections say that about 50% the US population will be considered obese and 25% will be considered severely obese by the year 2030)
The figures for Americans with hypertension or pre-hypertension are also similar to the obesity figures.
Your mistake is thinking that this is some small fraction of the American population. Nope, its the nearly the AVERAGE AMERICAN were talking about here. It will be the average American by 2030. Someone in your family suffers from one of these factors in all likelihood. In fact, you might have one of these underlying conditions like high blood pressure or being overweight. A lot of Americans think their blood pressure and weight are ok, when in fact they are over the line or close to it in terms of obesity and problematic blood pressure.
Most Americans need to get their weight down(more body fat percentage down), lower their blood pressure, make sure their blood sugar is healthy, and get their LDL Bad Cholesterol number down. Americans also need to start moving and exercising more as well. And no, the stay at home order does not prevent you from exercising.