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Fat Is Contagious

by | 21st, August 2007

YOU can catch fat:

A common virus that causes colds can be a factor in obesity, according to a study released Monday offering further evidence that a weight problem may be contagious.

The adenovirus-36 (Ad 36) has already been implicated as the cause of weight gain in animals, but with this study researchers showed for the first time that it can also cause humans to pile on the pounds.

I don’t have big bones, I just work on a pig farm…



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