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Even with moderately excess weight can lead to severe Covid

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  SARS Covid 19 has made its way into our lives and now we all are fighting against it. There's been a lot of revelations done by the scientists to explain it affects caused by severe corona and the factors that cause severe corona. It's already been that older persons are at greater risk and the other factors like diabetes, heart problem, lung disease, and other underlying health issues make it worse by affecting the immune system. Obesity is also one of the factors. One of the studies by UNC( University of North Caroline) shows that the journey of covid 19 recovery is affected due to obesity and all the odds are stacked against it. The figure shows that more than 40% of Americans are obese, in the UK the figure stands at 27% and in India, it is 40% which are either obese or overweight.  The people who have BMI ranging from 30-35 are 1.5-2 times more likely to be admitted to ICU compared with the person of the same age group -'shows studies'. Now Centres for Disease...