Obesity Virus WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Obesity Virus
The obesity virus, also being referred to as infectobesity, is linking the human adenovirus-36 (AD-36) with increased body weight. AD-36 is the same virus that causes respiratory infections, eye infections, and sore throats. It attacks the fat tissues causing the fat cells to multiply therefore causing weight gain.1 The increasing weight gain is being called a "global epidemic of obesity" by the World Health Organization.2
Fast Facts:
- Research has shown 30 percent of obese people were infected with the AD-36 virus compared to 11 percent of non-obese individuals.3
- AD-36 caused obesity in chickens, mice, rats, and monkeys in research studies.4
- Approximately 97 million adults in the United States are obese according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).5
- Overeating, unhealthy food choices, genetics, medications, and lack of physical exercise are other contributing factors leading to obesity.5
- Nikhil Dhurandhar, a Louisiana State University researcher coined the term infectobesity.6
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Research Notes References
- ↑ FOX News: Obesity 'Virus' Spreads Like Common Cold, Scientists Say
- ↑ Medscape Today: Third Human Adenovirus Linked to Fat
- ↑ Aphrodite Womens Health: More Evidence for Obesity Virus
- ↑ Wikipedia: Adenovirus Serotype 36 (AD-36)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Medical News Today: Scientists Say Common Virus Could Cause Obesity
- ↑ WebMD: Obesity Virus: More, Bigger Fat Cells
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- Contributor: Carolyn DeLucas
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 22, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Carolyn DeLucas
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Virus and Obesity, Infectobesity
- Last update: Oct. 22, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
