"Obesity" is one of the high-risk factors of infection and serious illness in COVID-19, said Zhang, convener of the expert advisory group of the Central Epidemic Command Center. A recent report in Britain analyzed 65,438+096 "critically ill patients in COVID-19" with an average age of 64, of whom 76.5% were overweight or obese.
Obesity is easy to be complicated with poor lung function and more serious virus infection.
Looking back on the observation and research of influenza in the United States in the past, it is found that obese patients spend 42% more time getting rid of the virus than normal weight people after being infected with influenza. Its mortality rate is twice as high. Dr. Xie Mingjia, deputy director of the Intelligent Diabetes and Metabolic Exercise Center of the Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, said, Why is "obesity" the cause of COVID-19's serious illness?
1. Obese people are in a state of inflammation for a long time, so their immunity is chaotic. When the virus breaks out, their bodies can't respond, so they are easily infected, or they can easily become serious.
2. Obese people are more likely to suffer from chronic diseases, such as hypertension and abnormal blood glucose metabolism (diabetes/pre-diabetes). Recently, many countries have observed COVID-19 and found that "hypertension" is an important factor of serious illness and death in COVID-19. If "diabetes" is not well controlled, the mortality rate in COVID-19 is as high as eight times.
3. Obese people often have poor lung function, such as hypopnea syndrome and apnea syndrome. Lung function is not good, so it is easy to become serious in this COVID-19 storm. Seven points of medical advice for obese people to lose weight and improve immunity
As for obese people, how should we improve our immunity while losing weight? Dr. Xie Mingjia made seven suggestions. 1. Diet adjustment: control calories, reduce sugar (because it will reduce immunity), and supplement enough protein.
2. Drink plenty of water: 2000 C.C every day.
3. Moderate exercise: at least 150 minutes per week, at least 30 minutes each time, for 3 consecutive days. It is recommended to do both aerobic exercise and muscle strength exercise.
4. Adequate sleep: Lack of sleep is one of the causes of obesity. In addition, insomnia will also reduce immunity!
5. Keep a happy mood: Stress is also one of the causes of obesity, which will reduce immunity.
6. Adequate dietary fiber: at least 25 grams of dietary fiber per day can increase intestinal bacteria and reduce inflammation.
7. Appropriate supplementation of nutrients: adequate vitamin B can maintain immunity and improve metabolic rate; Lack of vitamin c and vitamin d will lead to decreased immunity; Animal and cell studies have found that zinc, selenium and magnesium are related to antiviral immunity.
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