09-20-2010, 09:32 PM
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Mebbe lil' kids got the 'fat flu'...
Virus 'link' to childhood obesity
19 September 2010 - How the AD36 virus infects people and why it affects people differently is not known
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A virus which causes respiratory infections has been linked to childhood obesity, in a study that is likely to reignite a controversial debate. Previous animal research has implicated common viruses in weight gain, but the evidence has been disputed. The latest study, in Pediatrics, found that obese children with antibodies specific to a certain virus weighed 35lbs (15.8kg) more than those without.
Nothing has yet been proven on this theory, say UK experts. Previous research has shown that chicken or mice injected with similar types of viruses showed a statistically significant weight gain. A link between the AD36 virus (adenovirus 36) and obesity in human adults has also been written about previously. But how AD36 infects people and why it affects people differently is still not known.
Antibodies found
In the University of California study of 124 children aged eight to 18, half of the children were considered obese based on their Body Mass Index. The researchers found the AD36 antibodies in 19 of the children, 15 of whom were in the obese group. Within the group of obese children studied, those with evidence of AD36 infection weighed an average of 35lbs more than obese children who were AD36-negative, says the study.
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Cold strain linked to obesity in children
20 Sept.`10 - A strain of a virus that causes colds may also contribute to obesity in children, a new study says.
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The latest researchshows that obese children and teens who have had "adenovirus 36" are more likely to be obese than kids who haven't been infected. This adds to other evidence in humans and animals of a possible link between virus and obesity.
Researchers at the University of California-San Diego studied 124 children ages 8 to 18. About half were obese. The scientists determined which kids had been infected based upon the presence of antibodies for the virus. Findings in today's Pediatrics:
•15 of the 19 children who had been infected were obese.
•Obese children who have had the virus weighed about 35 pounds more than obese children without the virus.
"This supports the theory that this virus could be causing weight gain," says pediatrician Jeffrey Schwimmer, the paper's senior author and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of California-San Diego. "But body weight regulation is complicated, and even if this proves to be one factor, it's still a factor, not the factor," he says.
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