This is a Pandemic of the Obese

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[–]thefirststone 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Seems like doctors are eager to tick "obesity" on living patients, but you're probably right that they aren't counting it as a comorbidity. It's likely just missing from the death reports, just like covid is added to things like motorcycle accidents.

In fact, if more covid was added to accidents and things that non-fats go out and do, they would be overrepresented among deaths, which could also explain their low obesity numbers.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'm wondering if many of these underlying conditions are associated with low vitamin d levels and other issues with poor diet and immunity. It's then the underperforming immune system which is the real issue in most cases rather than the comorbidity.

Fat people go outside less and have vitamin deficiencies but so do old people and people with cancer etc and they are all groups at risk.