Study Strengthens Link between Virus and Weight Gain
Unlike some news outlets that are shortening this story down to “viruses cause obesity,” I appreciated Scientific American’s balanced and well-written article that explains how preliminary this research is (it was done on chickens, for gawdsakes!). While it may have relevance to people combatting weight gain in the future, this line sums up our current understanding:
“Obesity has multiple causes and viruses may be one of those causes,” said researcher Nikhil Dhurandhar of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
At this time, nothing more could be said about this link. Check back in another 5 years.
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Grohol, J. (2006). Possible Link between Virus and Obesity. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2006/01/30/possible-link-between-virus-and-obesity/
