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Why that New Year's weight loss resolution could be more important than ever this year

04/01/2022

Why that New Year's weight loss resolution could be more important than ever this year

It's 2022 and for many that means starting a New Year's resolution or three. And this year, with the threat of different coronavirus variants a distinct reality, losing weight could be significant. That's because data shows people who are overweight and obese have a greater chance of being more severely impacted should they catch COVID.


Indeed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), being obese increases the risk of severe illness from COVID-19.


In fact, obese individuals are not just 46% more at risk of contracting COVID-19, they are three times more likely to be hospitalized because of COVID-19 than their average weight peers. More worryingly, obese people also face a 74% higher risk of needing to be treated in the ICU and, perhaps most troubling of all, have a 48% increased risk of death.


"The risk goes up and up and up with each increase" in body mass index (BMI), said study co-author Barry Popkin, a distinguished professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health.


Dozens of studies have shown similar results.


So, if you ever needed an incentive to lose some of that festive fat, the threat posed by COVID should provide all the motivation you need.


Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay

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