Obesity can be caught like a cold

[Labarum]

Obesity can be caught as easily as the common cold, say scientists - Telegraph

[DebbieW]

Oh whatever next

I am fat because A) I ate(past tense) too much of the wrong food and B) I didn't get enough exercise.

Virus schmirus

Ciao xx

[Parouz]

I saw that and read that too.Came about from chickens.......
On bbc 2 there was a very interesting 60min documentary...Horizon -Why are thin people thin?Lucky people......
Talking about fat cells and that they never go away...It seems to explain from my early child hood of a chubby 7 year old that's where the curse all started for me.Manage to loose but slowly gain again.
It's worth a watch to all.

[Parouz]

This is the link to the Horizon program if anyone is interested.
In this they interview the doctor about the theory of catching obesity.

BBC iPlayer - Horizon: Why Are Thin People Not Fat?

[DebbieW]

Oh no quick run from the fat people we can catch what THEY have!! (more prejudice)

I watched that programme & it answered NOTHING, it is just theories and if you look at the ACTUAL findings that were hidden way down deep in the programe they stated that 1 3rd of obese people of the 1000 they tested -I am not very good at maths or percentages( hey it must be because I am fat ) - considering the population of the UK is approx 64,000,000 -MAY have this so called virus, that still means that statistically there are more people that are fat, because like me, in the past they ate too much & didn't get enough exercise. I have no-one to blame except myself, not a virus, it's not nurture or nature, it is purely ME putting more energy into my mouth than I get rid of. Oh and of course our DNA is SO Close to chickens isn't it!

Ciao xx

[Sunny_0ne]

My belief is that when you are around other people, you may pick up on their internal responses to food and begin to respond the same way they do. Kind of a peer, or "herd" mentality.

So instead of fat being contagious, fat attitudes and responses to food and eating are passed on.

IMO.