Science has discovered a fat virus(not a joke)

[News1]

Obesity 'Virus' Spread Like Common Cold, Scientists Say

Obesity can be "caught" as easily as a common cold from other people's coughs, sneezes and dirty hands, scientists are set to declare today.


http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/latest/~3/tO2htx0zJB8/0,2933,482788,00.html

[me]

Ran across this article and thought it was quite interesting.  It's a lengthy article so I just copied part of it but left the link.
   



Almost one-quarter of adults in the U.S. are obese, and despite what seems to be a nationwide obsession with bodyweight, that figure is increasing, according to the National Institutes of Health.The reasons why the disease is so widespread have included poor diet, lack of exercise, metabolism problems, and heredity.

But now there may be another explanation. A study by researchers at two universities has shown that some obesity may be caused by a virus.

Animal fat

A study published in the August issue of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Obesity by scientists at Wayne State University and the University of Wisconsin may offer a clue to the mystery of why obesity is still on the rise, a human adenovirus known as Ad-36. Researchers inoculated chickens and mice with the virus and found that it caused them to gain excessive amounts of fat.



http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?article_id=218391190

[Exterminator]

Ricker's pop must be full of that virus.

[me]

Ricker's pop must be full of that virus.

I think I caught mine at McD's and DQ, well, maybe had a set back or two at Arby's. 

[Exterminator]

Any way you look at it, there's an epidemic in Anderson.   

[me]

Any way you look at it, there's an epidemic in Anderson.   

Ya got that right.