The body positive are at higher risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19. Above-average weight also makes you more likely to be or become diabetic, and that, too, can lead to severe infection and death. Is that why the CDC just changed the BMI charts defining obesity in children?
Obesity for children is defined as a BMI that is higher than 95% of kids of the same age and gender, according to the CDC. Severe obesity is a BMI that is 120% higher than the 95th percentile.
Although children’s BMI is calculated using the same formula as adults, a healthy weight is measured in relation to other kids of the same age and gender. This is because children’s height and weight can vary significantly as they grow.
Obesity is officially on the spectrum. It’s not about what might be healthy for the average human being. If everyone around you is obese, then that’s normal and not a concern.
When can we expect this to apply to heart disease or cancer clusters? Don’t worry, dear. Everyone else has that, too, so it’s normal.
Obesity does not just increase the risk of COVID infection or severe disease. There is a long list of health ills associated with being overweight, including heart disease. By making the determining factor tribal or local, it essentially encourages a circumstance that will put a strain on the healthcare system, something the architects of Obamacare insisted they were trying to prevent.
That ship sailed a decade ago, then burned and sank with the response to the so-called pandemic.
We should not be surprised that the Centers for Disease Control have redefined what it means to control disease from prevention to manipulation.
To what end, we encouraged you to debate.
