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Obesity Contagious?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the me-i'm-just-lazy dept.

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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  1. WOOHOO! Ninnle! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Frist Ninnle Pissed!

  2. Re:Funny thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hahaha. I call bs on this whole thing. No, I'm not going to RTFA. No, I don't give a crap what it says. It's the latest bullshit story from some 'study'. Obesity is contageous and pigs can fly. All you fatties are fat because you eat shitloads, don't excercise enough or have some kind of bad metabolism, 'nuff said. Contageous my arse.

  3. Re:Peter Griffin on Wisconsin by Obfuscant · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    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.

  4. File Allocation Table got infected by ElephanTS · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    OMG! My FAT's been infected - I remember how this all started now.



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

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  5. Re:Peter Griffin on Wisconsin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks for the info.

    Hey, if you're interested I'd be willing to buy your low /. ID for quite a bit of $US.

    If your curious re: my offer, email me a quick note.
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