Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - According to a new study, a virus may be one of the reasons as to why overweight people can gain weight in shorts periods of time, leading them to obesity.
Researchers were led by Nikhil Dhurandhar from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as they carried out a study on overweight people.
They looked at overweight people who gained weight in short periods of time, and compared them to people of normal weight.
What they found was that a virus known as AD-36 was present in over 30% of those who were obese.
In those who were of normal weight, the virus was seen in only around 10% of them.
The virus harms the body by causing fat cells to multiply, sparking massive weight gain in a short period of time.
Researchers believe this could be a reason as to why overweight people gain weight quickly.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
With the conclusions stated at the end of this article, no scientific basis can be drawn from this study. Considering that it makes no mention the location or demographics of this study, it seems to be yet another case of trying to blame something else rather than taking personal responsability for their own situations. If something only exists in 3x the amount in a normal person versus an obese one, it cannot be a standalone factor.