Quick blog, but your weight affects so many issues in the body. This was a study which showed losing weight can help an obese person — particularly those with diabetes — fight serious infections.
This was presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes 2024:
- For every 5 point increase in BMI, there was a 30% rise in the risk of serious bacterial infection (pneumonia or urinary tract infection) and a 32% increase in the rise of severe viral infections (flu).
- They discuss that of those with diabetes 1/3 of hospital admissions are for infections
- Diabetics are twice as likely to be hospitalized as the general population for infections
- They are at a high risk of readmission
- The study was of 500,000 patients in England.
- THESE ASSOCIATIONS WERE FOR ALL PEOPLE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD DIABETES.
Our thoughts?
Losing weight is good for a multitude of reasons. Aging better and being healthier is important, and study after study is showing weight is important.
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