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All I'm gonna say is that as far as problems go, this one isn't so bad. I wonder what percentage of those kids were already nearing obesity.

I guess I can take comfort in the fact that having kids with a little extra chönk isn't that big of an issue.

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CDC researchers have found that obesity triples the risk of hospitalization for children with COVID-19. The absolute risk is still low but still it needs to be taken seriously.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...

It's a lot harder to reverse obesity than prevent it. Most of these kids will grow up to be obese and deal with the health issues that come with it for the rest of their lives.

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