Many with a body mass index over 30 are grateful for an early spot in the vaccine line, but they’re wary of insidious assumptions about large bodies and health.
A key message is missing in government and health guidelines to combat COVID-19 in the United States. Wear a mask, wash your hands, keep your distance, close your business, stay home â such is the advice and orders governments have doled out since the early days of the pandemic. But few elected officials have had the gumption to tell us to put down our forks and think about our diets, which could prove far more effective in easing the burden on hospitals.
When nations around the world in June were experiencing surges in COVID cases, scientists and health officials were wondering why Japan was faring so well and the United States wasnât.