CDC Warns that Being Overweight May Boost Risk of Sever COVID-19

 Centers for Disease Control that adults who are overweight but not that obese have possibility of having severe case of COVID -19 .

The public health agency has long said that the threat posed by being overweight is not that clear, but it is a strong enough to be added to the list of medical conditions that "might" put people at "increased risk for severe illness" According to the agency the people who are obese are more likely to become severely ill if they have a corona virus infection.

The metric compares a person's weight relative to their height. Health experts use body - mass- index to determine a person's weight status. For adults, a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered normal. Those with a BMI 25 and 29.9 are overweight meanwhile those with BMI of 30 and above are obese. More than 7 in 10 US adults are either obese or overweight, the CDC says.

Having a high BMI doesn't necessarily mean someone is fat, but it is correlated with an increase risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, certain cancer, stroke and a host of other serious medical conditions.

Doctors observed early in the pandemic that obesity was a risk factor for severe cases of COVID-19. People with obesity have a reduced lung volume and higher rates of respiratory disorder, requiring them to work harder for each breath.