Overweight? Perhaps you are suffering from an infection?

The latest research suggests that one cause of obesity is a virus infection:

Obesity can be caught like a cold, according to a laboratory study showing that a common infectious virus can turn human cells into fatty tissue, scientists said.

It is well established that the human adenovirus-36 causes respiratory and eye infections but now scientists found it can also transform adult stem cells found under the skin into the fat cells of adipose tissue…

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