The emerging idea that obesity may have an infectious origin gets new support in a cross-sectional study by University of California, San Diego School of Medicine scientists who observed that children exposed to a particular strain of adenovirus were significantly more likely to be obese. The study would be reported in the September 20 online edition of the journal Pediatrics September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)MedWorm Message: Register forMedMatcha, MedWorm's medical Read from Source