Fitness and weight

[Flossie44]

I’ve read this morning a headline saying ‘get fit or get ill’
They’re seeing a correlation between weight and severity of CV.
I’m very health conscious and eat a well balanced vegetarian diet. I however do like a couple of glasses of wine in the evenings
I run every other day and do yoga too. My bmi is 26. So slightly high

Dh is saying he doesn’t consider us in the fit and healthy bracket. I would.

What is the average lifestyle/diet etc. And what makes someone ‘fit and healthy’ other than a BMI score. (Which frankly I find a bit skewed and inappropriate)

It’s difficult isn’t it...I know people who are considered healthy weights but live off of junk food and fizzy drinks. The younger you are the more I think you can get away with bad habits but they do catch up. Unfortunately I think that for a lot of us there is going to be a bit of a rude awakening as to how healthy we actually think we are, overweight or not. For those able to overcome the illness without long lasting damage I would like to see examples of their lifestyles. It doesn’t rule out non-lifestyle related conditions but I do think it would be interesting.

I think it’s more likely to be about cardiovascular fitness than anything. Weight doesn’t mean a great deal on its own.

I have seen many photos of “ healthy young people with no underlying health issues” who have died of corona - mainly in the US.

Pretty much all of them have been morbidly obese.

So if you can lose weight, now may be the time to do it.

Possibly depends where you carry the weight. All on your trunk is maybe riskier as, if you were to be intubated, you’d be lying on your back with all the weight pressing on the tubes and your organs etc. Though I think a BMI of 26 probably isn’t too much of a difference from healthy BMI. Also, I think the BMI link might be because the higher weights are usually associated with other medical conditions. How’s your blood pressure?

Yes I agree, I think a lot of it is weight distribution. I’m Incredibly health conscious (Altho could drop the wine in the evenings to be more so!) but this has really concerned me. I’m 46. Size 12-14. Deffo wouldn’t consider myself overweight as such. Just an average build. The bmi thing throws me every time!!

I was wondering too if any study will soon be done in terms of statistics. Does morbidly obese not class as an underlying health issue?

Missfelipe - I agree that size doesn’t always mean healthy. My brother in law is so skinny, yet lives on such rubbish.

It’s a really confusing topic. I’m just guessing that exercise and a healthy diet is all we can do.