Obese Exposed as Swine Flu (H1N1) Collides With Fat Epidemic
July 13, 2009 by Mohamed
Filed under H1N1 Human Swine Flu, Weight Loss
As if overweight people didn’t have enough to deal with, new reports from the WHO suggests that the swine flu affects obese people more! Here is a snippet from Bloomburg followed by links to several stories over the net. No doubt this will gain more coverage over the next few months and more so once the peak flu season hits in November.
People infected with the bug who have a body mass index greater than 40, deemed morbidly obese, suffer respiratory complications that are harder to treat and can be fatal.
Resources
- http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=a0DakJmBpgrc
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/19/AR2009051902609.html
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu
- http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aPUbdh6sLlb0
- http://www.naturalnews.com/026602_pandemic_swine_flu_health.html (registration required to read the full article)
- http://www.gate2biotech.com/origins-of-the-swine-flu-virus/ (added 7/13/09 @ 2:47pm PST)
Mohamed
