"Obesity can be "caught" as easily as a common cold from other people's coughs, sneezes and dirty hands, scientists said Monday.

The condition has been linked to a highly-infectious virus which causes sniffles and sore throats....the virus, known as AD-36, infects the lungs then whisks around the body, forcing fat cells to multiply and also causing sore throats."

»www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482788,00.html

On first read, I was leary of the original article, however doing a google search seems to bring a few pages of similar. This particular one appears to have further links on the exact study.

»www.pbrc.edu/news/Featured_Stori···asp?id=9