Business of Life

Is Obesity Contagious?

Is it possible that some obesity is caused by a virus?

Wouldn't that make obesity contagious? Seems so. In which case, the traditional advice for those overweight, 'Eat Less/ and 'Exercise More' may now begin to include "Wash Your Hands.'

For a fuller discussion, I point you to the Science Blog and Contagious Obesity? Identifying the human adenoviruses may make us fat.