Coronavirus: Why can obesity be a factor?

Sky News' Ashish Joshi takes a close look at the factors which can make coronavirus a killer disease in some.

Joint research from universities across the country has found that being obese could be one significant factor.

[SpacPotat]

BREAKING NEWS: An already known health condition is a health condition

[dominus]

I'm shocked to hear that people with obesity have breathing problems!
is that the latest scientific knowledge in the UK?

[rjanWicks]

For the same reason chain smoking might be a risk factor
So I guess the whole “healthy at any size” was bbs after all.

[thehomierest]

I really wonder what all the body positive people have to say about this.

[lunes-]

🍎Wow, Coronavirus teach us:
-Not be too fat, not abuse sugar.
-Always no matter what have 2 month supply of food, medicines, water&toilet paper.

[raulpower]

Just exercise more.
Don't be lazy
EXERCISE = MEDICINE (for the body)

[scottrichards]

There are millions who just can't wait for Fat Food Restaurants to reopen .

[lw]

Poverty, race, obesity, having underlying health conditions and living in areas with higher air pollution are all interlinked. Very difficult to know right now whether all of them are causation.

[digger]

Probably why Boris was so badly affected

[nadac]

not just obesity, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and an unbalanced diet are all factors

[neilsavage]

I believe that stupidity is a major factor for people subscribing to Sly News.

[oishimanko]

Please pray fory mother she is obese and she have symptoms please help me pray for her😭

[bandwagon]

... and now praise McDonalds, Lidl and Wallmart...

[mattrose]

As a nation we are seriously unhealthy but yet nobody ever seems to learn from it!

[cagenewton]

I used to be skinny before it started, I can’t say that now

[WHEELSFREEDOM]

Maybe people will wake up and look after themselves better. Survival of the fittest has been the worlds rule since the beginning

[markfairbanks]

My wife has no sense of humor, and no self control. We watched this and i got up. She asked what i was doing. I replied " making my love an ice cream sundae" she threw a pillow at me, calling me a jerk. I said "so, no sundae then? " she took a second and decided she did infact want a sundae.

[nnrdm]

It's - Sugar Diabetes (type 2) insulin resistance -

Glouconeogenisis pathway interrupted by excessive sugar in practically everything.

[vannustube]

2:25 overlays appear 20 seconds before guy stops talking...

[stoneroses]

With this government the only certainty is uncertainty