Obesity is Linked with Superspreading Virus to Close Contacts, New Study Finds

High Intensity Health with Mike Mutzel, MS

Mike Mutzel

Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A new study finds obese individuals are nearly 11 times more likely to spread SARS-Cov-2 to close contact compared to lean counterparts. Weight loss and metabolic health are inextricably related to public health and we should be encouraging physical fitness and whole food nutrition if we're serious about saving lives.

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00:00 Obese people are almost 11 times more likely to spread the virus that causes COVID19 than their thin counterparts.

00:15 The majority of people who become seriously ill from pathogens are overweight or obese.

03:05 The probability of high spreading increases with increasing body mass index.

04:18 Immune systems of metabolically healthy people are more robust, so the viral load is lower.

06:45 Overweight individuals carry more virus.

07:10 Show that you care by losing fat and becoming healthier.

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0:00.0	So scientists recently discovered that obese individuals are almost 11 times more likely
0:04.4	to spread SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease known as COVID-19 compared to
0:09.4	lean counterparts.
0:10.4	Now, if there was ever a time to encourage people to lose weight, now is the time because
0:15.6	we now know that a super majority of people that become seriously ill with all sorts of
0:20.0	pathogens including SARS-CoV-2 are overweight obese.
0:23.8	And now we know that overweight and obese individuals are increasingly have a higher odds
0:28.8	or higher likelihood of spreading the virus to their co-workers and friends and family
0:33.6	compared to non-obese or overweight individuals.
0:37.5	And I think it's worth talking about this information.
0:40.6	With a not fat shaming, we're not saying that the reason why there's still people dying
0:45.5	from COVID is because of obese individuals.
0:48.2	I have obese people in my life, I have obese and overweight clients in my life, I care
0:51.7	about them, I care about these people, we're trying to help people make healthier lifestyle
0:56.1	choices.
0:57.1	Perhaps this information may help other people make better choices, it may be the nudge
1:02.5	hopefully to encourage people to start going to the gym, to start exercising, to maybe
1:06.7	not eat as much processed food and sugar and drink alcohol and soda pop and things.
1:11.0	So if you're worried about your neighbor and your community and you're trying to not get
1:15.5	other people sick, losing weight can actually help you do just that.
1:19.7	So let's talk about the study with compassion, we're not fat shaming, we're encouraging
1:24.5	people to make better lifestyle choices.
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