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On the Today show, they talked about all of these reports claiming that obesity could actually be caused by catching a certain virus. That just sounds implausible to me so, of course, I found this discussion very interesting.
They talked to Dr. Nancy Snyderman (NBC News Chief Medical Editor) who said that adenovirus 36 (adenoviruses typically cause the common cold) is found in obese people 30 percent of the time. This has caused some people to wonder if a virus can change how your body metabolises food. Studies using lab rats has shown that there really could be a correlation!