Soooo, government tubbies gonna make us slim?------‘We weren’t a healthy population coming into this;’ How COVID shed light on Michigan’s weight problem

‘We weren’t a healthy population coming into this;’ How COVID shed light on Michigan’s weight problem
"If you were to visit the intensive care unit at a Spectrum Health hospital at any point over the last two years, you would likely find the sickest COVID-19 patients had one or more of the same three common factors.

• “(Advanced) age, obesity and diabetes,” said Dr. Stephen Fitch, a pulmonary and critical care physician at the West Michigan health system. 

...“We weren’t a healthy population coming into this,” Skrynski said. 

“We’ve got a lot of work to do. Especially if we want to have this healthy future, not only for ourselves but for our children, that’s going to need to be a huge priority.”...Read all.