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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."
And my pencil is liable for my spelling mistakes.
Fat people are fat because they eat so much and don't workout, not because they caught a virus. Its like saying "well maybe the gun just shot itself when it was being pointed at her", it just doesnt add up. Good try though, I'm sure the 3billion obese people just got some ammo to keep eating their Cheesy-Poofs.