Get Off The Couch! Here's How Weight Loss May Ward Off COVID ...

Losing a few pounds may be a way to ward off Covid. As the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., obesity increases the risk of developing severe symptoms or dying from the virus.

A 2020 study published by the Official Journal of World Obesity found that those with obesity have a 46 percent increased chance of getting Covid, a 113-percent increase in being hospitalized, a 74-percent chance of being treated in the ICU, and a 48 percent increase in death from Covid.

In 2018, the CDC reported 42 percent of Americans were classified as obese.

A 2020 self-reporting obesity map shows the highest rates of obesity occur in the South and Midwest.

In the United States, there are over 60 million reported cases and more than 836 thousand deaths.

Dr. Joseph L. Graves, Jr, Professor of Biological Sciences at North Carolina A&T spoke with Roland Martin about the increased risk of infection the obese face amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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