Obesity is caused by sloth and gluttony, and until I see a 400 lb person dead from starvation I absolutely won't believe otherwise !
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Maybe the virus causes sloth and gluttony? Not directly of course, but indirectly through other effects. Although I could imagine constant hunger being caused by a messed up metabolism caused by a virus. The sloth part might only come after the weight goes on, but constant "tiredness" could also be caused by a virus. Not saying it is, but I wouldn't want to dimiss the possibility out of hand either. For one thing, you'd look pretty dumb if the intial report proves out, now wouldn't you?
Lighten up Bubba.
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I have two friends who are thin and both eat the most abnormally large amounts of food. One is hyper-active who obviously needs the continuos fuel in his furnace but the other guy is the most useless, lazy, under active person I know. How his metabolism burns all that food off without giving him motivation is a mystery to all who know him.
ACtually I have proof that thyroid problems, insulin problems, polycystic ovaries (all at the same time) can make you gain weight without overeating or eating improperly. I WISH I could have ate my way up the scale..at least i could have enjoyed myself. :) Or had a baby..SOMETHING! :) Of course, it only took about 5 weeks to gain my weight..it was quite alarming.