Average age in India is 26.
Average age in the US is 38.
This probably accounts for the difference in death rate.
Average age in the US is 38.
This probably accounts for the difference in death rate.
> We didn’t understand early on what a major risk factor obesity was. … It’s not until more recently that we’ve realized the devastating impact of obesity, particularly in younger people,” says Anne Dixon, a physician-scientist who studies obesity and lung disease at the University of Vermont. That “may be one reason for the devastating impact of COVID-19 in the United States, where 40% of adults are obese.”