Obesity May Increase Length Of Time A Person Is Contagious With Flu

reports obese adults with the flu “are contagious for much longer than their slim peers,” according to a study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Researchers analyzed data “from about 1,800 people in 320 households in Nicaragua during three flu seasons between 2015 and 2017,” finding “that obese adults with the flu shed influenza A virus 42 percent longer than non-obese adults with the flu.” https://consumer.healthday.com/infectious-disease-information-21/flu-news-314/steer-clear-of-obese-friends-with-the-flu-736391.html