Obesity Caught Like Common Cold

LiveScience by Robert Roy Britt | Jan. 26, 2009 (News Report)

Yet another claim that a common and contagious virus is linked to some cases of obesity is in the news today.

Studies on humans show that 33 per cent of obese adults had contracted an adenovirus called AD-36 at some point in their lives, according to an article in the UK's Daily Express, whereas only 11 per cent of lean men and women have had the virus. Full Story »

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