Virus Exposure May Be Linked to Weight Gain..

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Atkinson research has shown that chickens, mice and marmosets become fatter after becoming infected with AD-36, a human adenovirus that usually causes colds, eye infections and diarrhea.

Tests on more than 500 Americans found about 30 percent of obese people had been exposed to the virus, compared with 11 percent of non-obese people.

However, Nick Martin, a professor at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, who collaborated on the study, said his analysis found no link between Ad-36 infection and body mass index.
 
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venk

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imagine the number of people that would gt innoculated from the "fat flu" as opposed to the numbers that get innoculated from the bird flu. :laugh:
 
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monk3y

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The virus must be present in all fast foods and fatty snack foods. Because I found a link to those and weight gain too :p
 
halik

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Originally posted by: IGBT
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Atkinson research has shown that chickens, mice and marmosets become fatter after becoming infected with AD-36, a human adenovirus that usually causes colds, eye infections and diarrhea.

Tests on more than 500 Americans found about 30 percent of obese people had been exposed to the virus, compared with 11 percent of non-obese people.

However, Nick Martin, a professor at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, who collaborated on the study, said his analysis found no link between Ad-36 infection and body mass index.
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correlation != causation

Just throwing it out there in case someone decides they need a new excuse for being obese.
 
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darkswordsman17

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Originally posted by: halik

correlation != causation

Just throwing it out there in case someone decides they need a new excuse for being obese.
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This is a curious thing, and I remember hearing about it some time ago. I think there could be a correlation.

For instance, when your body is attacked by a disease, then its going to weaken you. How do we replenish our energy to make ourselves stronger? Consume food. So, maybe this is tricking people's bodies into believing its weaker than it is, and so the person feels more need to consume to regain lost energy. This could explain why it gets started, but as we know, over-eating (and poor eating) becomes habitual, and so it just kinda spirals from there.

I don't think that anyone could blame all of their obesity on this, but it could be a gateway that leads to it.
 
Gibsons

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Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: IGBT
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Atkinson research has shown that chickens, mice and marmosets become fatter after becoming infected with AD-36, a human adenovirus that usually causes colds, eye infections and diarrhea.

Tests on more than 500 Americans found about 30 percent of obese people had been exposed to the virus, compared with 11 percent of non-obese people.

However, Nick Martin, a professor at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, who collaborated on the study, said his analysis found no link between Ad-36 infection and body mass index.
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correlation != causation
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halik

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Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Originally posted by: halik

correlation != causation

Just throwing it out there in case someone decides they need a new excuse for being obese.
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This is a curious thing, and I remember hearing about it some time ago. I think there could be a correlation.

For instance, when your body is attacked by a disease, then its going to weaken you. How do we replenish our energy to make ourselves stronger? Consume food. So, maybe this is tricking people's bodies into believing its weaker than it is, and so the person feels more need to consume to regain lost energy. This could explain why it gets started, but as we know, over-eating (and poor eating) becomes habitual, and so it just kinda spirals from there.

I don't think that anyone could blame all of their obesity on this, but it could be a gateway that leads to it.
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Well you'd have hard time explaining why this virus phenomenon seems to be constrained to the boundaries of continental US...

 
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Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: IGBT
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Atkinson research has shown that chickens, mice and marmosets become fatter after becoming infected with AD-36, a human adenovirus that usually causes colds, eye infections and diarrhea.

Tests on more than 500 Americans found about 30 percent of obese people had been exposed to the virus, compared with 11 percent of non-obese people.

However, Nick Martin, a professor at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, who collaborated on the study, said his analysis found no link between Ad-36 infection and body mass index.
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..ya. I can see disability claims down the road. McDonalds and the rest will have to convert their parking lots to "Disabled Only" parking. :laugh:

correlation != causation

Just throwing it out there in case someone decides they need a new excuse for being obese.
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EightySix Four

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Just another finger pointing game.... People are fat because they don't take care of themselves. Yes there are some things that hamper your ability to do this, and genetics plays a role... But it's the people's own responsibilities. The blame game is becoming very very sad.
 
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NEWS FLASH

Science discovers eating too much causes weight gain.
 
Amused

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Originally posted by: crazySOB297
Just another finger pointing game.... People are fat because they don't take care of themselves. Yes there are some things that hamper your ability to do this, and genetics plays a role... But it's the people's own responsibilities. The blame game is becoming very very sad.
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There is a reason why two people can eat whatever they want, when ever they want and one stays skinny and the other ends up obese. And we all know both kinds of people. So anyone who simplistically blames self control is ignoring the obvious.

This goes way beyond simply not taking care of oneself. It would be nice to find the underlying causes rather than simply blaming people for their genetics.
 
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i've seen fat people shop for food and at restaraunts and they aren't fat due to genetics. most fat people you see load up on simple carbs. in the supermarket you see them buying up boxed processed food.

Very rarely do I see an overweight person at Whole Foods. Mostly it's the hottest looking women in NYC.
 
Amused

Amused

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Originally posted by: alent1234
i've seen fat people shop for food and at restaraunts and they aren't fat due to genetics. most fat people you see load up on simple carbs. in the supermarket you see them buying up boxed processed food.

Very rarely do I see an overweight person at Whole Foods. Mostly it's the hottest looking women in NYC.
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And how many skinny people do you see buying the same stuff? Oh, wait, you don't notice them, do you? How many fat people do you see in the health food sections or eating a salad? Oh wait, you don't notice them either, do you? You only notice what you deem yourself worthy to judge.

The fact of the matter is, two people can have identical diets and calorie intakes and one will be obese, while the other is not. That's genetic. Find me one single valid medical study that claims the propensity for obesity is not tied to genetics.
 
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