This is one of those half-assed medical studies (no pun intended)...
I'm willing to entertain the notion that there is a virus that has weight-gain as a side effect, evolutionarily, it would make sense. But, the question is, if you treat those people with anti-virals, will they not get fat? Is there any way to test myself to see if I have it and am not fat? I've had plenty of sore throats before from all the sick kids I went to school with.
Or is this just a study that overweight people can point to and say "it's not my fault, I have this virus".
Or... I'll say it... Are we going to round up everyone that has this virus and send them the to the quarantine camps, make them pin a yellow biohazard sign on their shirts
, and eat really bad food (to make them lose weight). Maybe we'll make them take the train there...
Yup, I'm going to hell.