Put The Burger Down America, The Secret To Our Covid-19 Crisis Is That You’re Too Fat | The Daily Caller

Put The Burger Down America, The Secret To Our Covid-19 Crisis Is That You’re Too Fat | The Daily Caller:

It’s become common knowledge that the elderly and people who are immunocompromised are at increased risk of severe illness from coronavirus. But there’s another underlying condition that millions of Americans have that helps place the country at first place in coronavirus cases compared to the rest of the world and that medical professionals say may be leading to increased risk of severe illness — obesity.
The obesity rate in the U.S. is roughly 38%, a number that makes Americans the heaviest in the world. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people of any age that are obese are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19.