Virus Linked With Increase in Obesity
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A virus may increase chances of obesity, say University of Wisconsin scientists who also discovered an intriguing paradox: The virus appears to make people fatter without raising cholesterol levels. Only circumstantial evidence links the virus with human obesity, researcher Nikhil Dhurandhar said, although he did prove it fattens animals. Specialists said the findings are preliminary but strong enough to justify more research. Dr. John Foreyt of the Baylor College of Medicine cautioned that the Wisconsin scientists cannot yet speculate how the virus, biologically, could cause obesity.
