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How to calculate your BMI to see if you re vaccine-eligible, COVID-19
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Gov. Mike DeWine’s vaccination priorities are shockingly biased: Leila Atassi Leila Atassi, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio If you’re among the 30 percent of Ohioans dealing with obesity, you probably have spent the past year terrified that COVID-19 will kill you.
From the start of the pandemic, you have been told time and again that obesity is near the top of a short list of underlying conditions that exponentially increase your risk of severe COVID illness, hospitalization or death. Perhaps you expected Ohio’s vaccine deployment strategy to recognize that and make you a priority.
And if Ohio were a state that made those decisions based on data and ethics, you might be vaccinated by now.
People slightly or nearly overweight have lowest COVID-19 risk: CDC
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Efficacy of diabetes drug on weight loss is game-changing: expert
CLEVELAND, March 2, 2021 More than 800 million people worldwide who have obesity could potentially benefit from a hormone-mimicking medication typically used to treat diabetes. The medication is now shown to be effective for weight loss, says an expert at a top American hospital, Cleveland Clinic, ahead of World Obesity Day on March 4. Dr W Scott Butsch, Director of Obesity Medicine, Cleveland Clinic’s Bariatric & Metabolic Institute, said: “Obesity is a complex, highly heritable disease with a strong biological basis. We estimate 40 to 70% of the variability of the BMI in the population is due to genetic traits, which makes it very challenging for people to lose weight. Treatment plans need to be personalised and include different approaches, such as lifestyle interventions, obesity medications, and bariatric and metabolic surgery. Importantly, the recent STEP 1 trial showing the beneficial impact of dia