FIT? fat and Covid

[Ken]

If at first you don't succeed…….! I apologise to all that this is a repeat of my post in 'Households' or something but I just may have found out how to put it somewhere more suitable!!! It should be in health but I couldn't find that thread!!!

I think it is well established that if you are fat and have covid you are more likely to suffer more serious problems. What has hardly been mentioned is if you are fit and contract covid. The answer is of course you stand a much better chance of recovery. Fitness has many components. Strength, endurance, speed, flexibility etc but for the purposes of recovery from illness the best is almost certainly the endurance aspect, or what is generally considered to be fitness.

Being able to walk a long distance is simply not good enough. What is required is for the body to be stressed i.e. the pulse rate and breathing rate elevated considerably. Walking, unless hard and powerful won't do it. Being unfit and fat (the two usually go together) is quite patently bad for someone without covid, with covid the combination is a potential killer.

Stressing the body in exercise is essential to health.It is quite possible to be fit and fat. It is unlikely though that a fat person will be healthy!!!!

[Lehaut]

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/walking-for-health/

[Ken]

Yes I read it. About the only decent part of it was at least they said you have to walk briskly! Most people who walk don't do it briskly! In addition the article also said it counts towards an exercise regime. Again, most don't have a regime at all!

As for losing weight! The people who advocate walking or any exercise as a weight losing method are in, effect, contributing to obesity. You will not lose weight by exercise. Given that most people don't exercise the whole article is ridiculous.