Is obesity contagious? ! Famous weight loss doctor: It turns out that this virus is the culprit

Is obesity contagious? Obesity is one of the modern diseases of civilization. The latest research shows that there is a risk of obesity after being infected by a virus that enters the human intestine through the air. In addition, obesity is also related to exposure to a living environment that is prone to obesity, and there is even a clustering effect with family obesity.

This research was published by Dr. Nikki Duranda, who is of Indian descent in the United States. The research team first used farm chickens to conduct experiments and found that "adenovirus 36" can allow chickens to infect each other, causing obesity cluster transmission; and "adenovirus 36" (Adenovirus 36) is a common virus in American birds that can be transmitted to the intestines through the air.

Study: Obese people carry adenovirus 36

Afterwards, Dr. Duranda found hundreds of volunteers for blood screening, and found that 30% of the obese subjects had antibodies to "adenovirus 36", while only 11% of the slim subjects had antibodies to "adenovirus 36" (the obesity standard here is BMI greater than 30 Kg/m2), and there was an environmental symbiosis between them.

In addition, studies have also found that obese people are related to an "obesity-prone environment", such as the high-calorie foods sold in supermarkets, the increase in fast food restaurants, and a sedentary lifestyle, which can easily lead to obesity. In addition, when any sibling becomes obese, the risk of obesity for others will increase by 40%, followed by the impact between spouses.

On the other hand, according to the Daily Mail, the United States has developed a vaccine against adenovirus 36, but it cannot be mass-produced at this stage. However, people can still reduce the risk of infection by improving their own immunity. Many doctors still do not take this finding seriously, believing that the main cause of obesity is that modern people eat too well and exercise too little.

Doctors point out that although obesity is not a disease, being too fat can be fatal.

Being close to fat people will lead to "behavioral convergence"

Liu Boen, executive director of the Taiwan Obesity Prevention and Health Education Association and a weight loss specialist, pointed out that although obesity is not a disease, being too fat can be fatal. Although there is still much room for discussion on these studies, clinical behavioral studies on obese groups have found that it makes sense that people who often stay with obese people will get fatter. In addition to genetic factors, the main factors are still related to diet and exercise.

This is because being with obese people often will lead to a kind of "behavioral convergence", that is, each other's living habits and behavioral patterns will gradually influence each other and tend to be the same. For example, some fat people have a good appetite and like to eat high-fat foods. Or he likes to overeat, which may result in a good appetite, causing him to eat more involuntarily and cause obesity.

Obesity and infection are two sides of the same coin. Eating less and exercising more is the only way to fight obesity.

In addition, if the obese friends around you do not like to exercise, after spending a long time with them, they may develop a bad habit of not liking to exercise, which can also lead to obesity. In particular, the closer the relationship, the greater the possibility of mutual infection through "behavioral similarity"; conversely, if a thin person eats more and exercises less and still cannot gain weight, it is mostly related to his physical constitution.

Obesity and infection are two sides of the same coin. Infection increases the possibility of obesity, but obese people are also more susceptible to infection. It is the logic of "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" No one can say for sure which one is the culprit, infection or obesity. However, what is certain is that eating less and exercising more is still the only way to fight obesity.