{"id":273528,"date":"2020-09-12T09:24:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T13:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=273528"},"modified":"2020-09-12T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T14:52:45","slug":"obesity-and-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/12\/obesity-and-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity and Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Losing Body Fat (Adipose Tissue) as Beneficial to Fight COVID-19<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID-19 is more deadly in overfat individuals, according to a recent Science article<\/a>. This is my thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to protect yourself from catching COVID-19 and potential death from it, losing body fat (adipose tissue) doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hurt. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Let me explain further in depth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The studies <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First this study<\/a> (non peer reviewed):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Descriptive epidemiology of 16,780 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the United States<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Shemra Rizzo, Devika Chawla, Kelly Zalocusky, Daniel Keebler, Jenny Chia, Lisa Lindsay, Vincent Yau, Tripthi Kamath, Larry Tsai:<\/p>\n\n\n\n