Obesity Virus

Obesity is an epidemic in the industrialized world and is associated with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other problems that put people at risk for heart attacks, strokes, and other adverse consequences. More and more research is being focused on obesity. At the core of the problem is a simple excess in calorie balance. We eat more calories than we burn, and we store those excess calories as fat. However, looking at the problems as a whole, several other factors come into play. For example, an individual’s genetic make-up can predispose him or her to being overweight.The term infectobesity refers to the theory that an infection of some sort can alter our biology and cause us to put on excess pounds. At first, this may just

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