Obesity And Diabetes Aggravate Covid-19 Infections

People with obesity and diabetes are said to be more vulnerable to Covid-19. Brut spoke to Dr. Vikas Dua for clarity.

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00:00The younger population are in a habit of having junk food, that means they are more prone to get obese.

00:06That means these patients will be at higher risk of COVID-19 infection causing complications.

00:18Those people who are obese, they have comorbidities, they have other problems

00:23like diabetes, heart diseases, hypertension. So these obese people are at risk of these

00:30comorbidities and definitely when your immune system is weakened, you are at higher risk of

00:36COVID-19 infection. It has been seen by CDC, which is Central Disease Control, that if your

00:42body mass index is more than 40 kg per meter square, the risk of infections is higher.

00:53In diabetes, your body glucose is high, so if somebody has high sugar levels, high

01:16glucose in the body, the infection, the viral infection will grow

01:21easier, will stay in the body for a long time.

01:29As the age grows, the chance of infection lingering on or causing complications goes up.

01:34That also stands true in COVID-19 because it's a viral infection,

01:38but you need to understand one thing because the younger population

01:42are in a habit of eating junk food, that means they are more prone to get obese.

01:48As they are more prone to get obese, there are more chances of having issues like diabetes,

01:53hypertension and heart disease at a younger age. That means these patients will be at higher risk

01:58of COVID-19 infection causing complications. We people are not doing much of physical activity,

02:14we are not going out of our houses, so we can do exercises at home. Along with that,

02:22we should not eat too much. If we have to eat healthy food, avoid junk food, avoid oily foods,

02:29avoid things which have a lot of sugar in it. Precautions, what you need to take is that you

02:34have to stay at home. The general precautions, what the government is telling, what everybody

02:37is saying, stay at home, maintain social distancing, those who are obese, those who

02:43have diabetes, those who have hypertension, those who have other comorbidities, please don't panic.

02:49These things are for your understanding. Please understand what I am talking right now

02:54is for precautions so that you can stay at home so that you don't land up in trouble.