Obesity Contagious?

An anonymous reader writes "University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have found that certain human viruses may cause obesity, and by extension make being severely overweight a contagious condition. 'It makes people feel more comfortable to think that obesity stems from lack of control,' the lead researcher says. 'It's a big mental leap to think you can catch obesity.' But other diseases once chalked up to environmental factors, like stomach ulcers, are now known to stem from infectious agents."

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Re:Peter Griffin on Wisconsin

[Obfuscant]

Beer and cheese must not fall under the Atkins diet ...

Beer has a lot of carbohydrate, so it's out. Cheese, OTH, is mostly fat and protein. It's a-okay for Atkins.

File Allocation Table got infected

[ElephanTS]

OMG! My FAT's been infected - I remember how this all started now.

Maybe M$ will release a patch? (or not)