Infectobesity: Adenovirus 36 and Childhood Obesity
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2014-10-27

Studies on more than a thousand children suggest that a viral infection may play a role in childhood obesity by increasing both the number and size of fat cells.

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Other unconventional theories about obesity are explored in my videos Obesity-Causing Pollutants in Food (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/obesity-causing-pollutants-in-food) and Gut Flora & Obesity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/gut-flora-obesity/).

I’ve addressed the association between poultry and obesity before:
• Meat and Weight Gain in the PANACEA Study (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/meat-and-weight-gain-in-the-panacea-study/)
• Obesity Causing Chicken Virus (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/obesity-causing-chicken-virus/)
• Does Eating Obesity Cause Obesity? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-eating-obesity-cause-obesity/)

More on poultry viruses: 
• Poultry Exposure Tied to Liver and Pancreatic Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/poultry-exposure-tied-to-liver-and-pancreatic-cancer/)
• Carcinogenic Retrovirus Found in Eggs (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/carcinogenic-retrovirus-found-in-eggs/)
• Chicken Dioxins, Viruses, or Antibiotics? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/chicken-dioxins-viruses-or-antibiotics/)
• Poultry and Penis Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/poultry-and-penis-cancer/)
• Poultry Exposure and Neurological Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/poultry-exposure-and-neurological-disease/)

And more on keeping our children healthy:
• Heart Disease Starts in Childhood (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/heart-disease-starts-in-childhood/)
• How to Prevent Prediabetes in Children (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prevent-prediabetes-in-children/)
• Childhood Constipation and Cow’s Milk (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/childhood-constipation-and-cows-milk/)

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