Can you catch obesity!?
Monday 26 January 2009
Apparently so say researchers!
Bizarrely, scientists claim that the condition has been linked to a highly-infectious virus which also causes sniffles and sore throats.
As many as one in three obese people may have become overweight after falling victim to the highly infectious cold-like virus, known as AD-36.
Spread by dirty hands, the adenovirus apparently attacks tissue and causes fat cells to multiply – leading to massive weight gain.
The theory that viruses could play a part in obesity began a few decades ago when Nikhil Dhurandhar, now at Louisiana State University, noticed that chickens in India infected with the avian adenovirus SMAM-1 had significantly more fat than non-infected chickens.
The shocking discovery adds evidence to the claim that Britain’s obesity epidemic is not simply down to an unhealthy diet or lack of exercise.
Research suggests a third of UK adults will be grossly overweight within three years, with Britain even predicted to overtake the US as the most obese nation in the world!
The problem already causes 9,000 premature deaths in the UK a year and costs the NHS £1billion.
If the science is anything to go by, we suggest that you wash your hands. Thoroughly. And regularly!
By Tasha Usefnia
Posted by kez1951
RE: Can you catch obesity!?
oh my goodness what ever next eating bread makes you pregnant.come on if you believe this rubbish theres something wrong with you.overweight is down to poor diet i know this because i was big and im slowly losing my weight because i have a better diet and a healthier lifestyle than i did so yeah wash your hands but not because you'll get fat thats just mad....!
Posted 08/06/2009 19:29:39