The studies indicate not the obesity itself, but the problems obseity causes. Of you are obese and over 30, you are not healthy. Yo uwill have multiple halth problems. Including hypertension, Diabetes (potentially), poor circulation and sao forth. This makes dealing with COVID-19 extremely hard.
My mother died in Feb, and they let me into the ICU once a week. I was obese by BMI standards. Doctors who I didn't know would take my aside and flat out tell me I need to get my health in order or I will end up like the person I am vcisting.
I lost 65 pounds since that point. It's extremely easy. I was not fat most of my life, but gained a lot of weight over the past five years due to the nature of my job (Computer Security, I sit on my ass most of the day).
The fact is I was making bad eating decisions and I was being lazy. That is all there is to it. I was fat and had gotten very lazy when it comes to exercise or making an effort for my own health. I figured I worked so hard and so many hours a day I couldn't be lazy. This was not the case.
I skipped one meal a day, eating all my meals in a five hour window. I cut out everything that has to do with sugar, any processed foods, cut down on my red meat a lot, skipped foods with nitrates, drank three-four liters of water per day. I ate lean protein, lots of vegetables. I walked more.
The weight melted away. My BP is perfect and my health overall is fantastic. I have about 20 more pounds to lose which will be done in a couple months. I am losing 10 pounds a month with little effort.
Being fat is horrible. Nobody is happy who is fat/obese. Life is better without being weighed down by huge amounts of weight. Everything in life becomes better. Fat people are just lazy or don't know anything about food.
I am lucky that I played sports my entire life until the last five years and I understand what food is good for you and what food is bad for you. I know how food works and what it triggers in your body. If you are a fat person who doesn't, nutritionists are covered by health care, so go talk to one.