As strange as it may seem at this time, with the current terrible pandemic of COVID-19 , an objective assessment of the evolution of humanity in the last 50 years has to be favorable.
The average life expectancy has increased by 15 to 20 years and, so far this century, the world’s population has grown from 6 billion to over 8.8 billion.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Enormous progress has been made in terms of general scientific, hygienic, technical, social and other aspects. When it was believed that infectious diseases could be defeated, a destructive virus appears, producing many hundreds of thousands of diseases and deaths.
We realize that, despite the advances, if changes are not made in the way we live, the future is dark, both for us and for life on the planet.⠀
What is the relationship between overweight and COVID-19?
Health and disease are directly related to the level of stress and have consequences, for example, in the case of overweight and obesity, which have become a major epidemic.
But, in addition, current assessments of COVID19 cases report a direct relationship between excess body fat and failures in the immune response to the virus, with greater systemic involvement.⠀
Among the specific pathologies with a higher risk for the virus, obesity should be highlighted. Twenty-seven percent of coronavirus patients have obesity.
For all this, we must give up food addiction and go ahead with weight reduction. Life demands it of us, there is no more doubt. Current Endocrinology has good solutions in the new dietary systems.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀