A Fat Virus ?

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Registered: 04-19-2004
A Fat Virus ?
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Tue, 08-17-2004 - 1:36pm
REALLY not sure what to think about this. I guess it's possible, and this is now third party posting, as the poster is quoting the Washington Post, but does anyone have any thoughts ? Would you be bothered to be tested ? If you did have this virus, how would this affect how you feel about your weight ? Would your efforts change ? Would you try harder, or give up ?

*DISCLAIMER* Please ignore the posters' attitude. I'd tell you more, but you have all the information you need by reading her screen name.


http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-pshottopics&msg=8785.1

Amy

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Registered: 01-04-2004
Tue, 08-17-2004 - 1:47pm
I read this on the Hot Debates board. I don't know what to think about it. Interesting, though!

~~Linda

~~Linda

 

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Registered: 03-11-2004
Tue, 08-17-2004 - 2:04pm
I wish it had said something about whether or not an antiviral med would work against it.It wouldn't bother me to be tested, but I'm not paying for it. I guess in the long run it doesn't matter. I'm still fat no matter what the cause. My efforts would not change, except maybe like with any virus you would hope there would be a cure on the horizon.

Hugs, Brenda

Hugs, Brenda 

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Tue, 08-17-2004 - 2:05pm
Very interesting. I don't think I'd want to be tested, because if there isn't actual proof and I haven't read it in JAMA, then I'm a bit skeptical. I was tested for thyroid function at one time, and although it was on the low end of the scale, I was still normal. But, I am one of those 'subnormal' people anyways. Lower than average blood iron (Once in a while I need to take iron), very low blood pressure (110/70 to 95/60 is my range) and a body temp of - get this - 94 degrees. I don't run hot at all. My axial body temp , taken in my armpit indicates I WOULD have a thyroid problem, but I don't. For a while doc thought i had lupus, because I had all the symptoms and it runs in my family. I don't have it, but I have immune system problems...ever since I got my freakin tonsils out, I've felt alot better.

Knowing my way of thinking, I would probably use the virus as an excuse not to try to lose weight, especially if I had been struggling for a long time. I know, that isn't what I should do, but I'm just being honest.

And besides, what is cuter than a fat shark ?

Amy

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Tue, 08-17-2004 - 2:07pm
I agree. And how is it transmitted? I hope it's congenital, caus if I find the ?*%!@!?*

who sneezed on me fifteen years ago, I will mess them up...

LOL,

Amy

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Registered: 03-11-2004
Tue, 08-17-2004 - 2:15pm
LMAO! Let's get ready to RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hugs, Brenda

Hugs, Brenda 

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Registered: 03-20-2004
Tue, 08-17-2004 - 3:27pm
Amy,

One quote from that post also summarized my opinion. It says, "Even if our weight gain is caused by a fat virus, eating less and moving more are still the best way to fight obesity." Now to answer your specific questions:

>>Would you be bothered to be tested ?<<

Actually, ethical considerations mean that virus experiments on people are not possible

>>If you did have this virus, how would this affect how you feel about your weight ?<<

No affect or effect.

>>Would your efforts change ?<<

Not at all.

>>Would you try harder, or give up ? <<

Same as currently.

Forte




Edited 8/17/2004 4:06 pm ET ET by forte10

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Registered: 08-16-2004
Tue, 08-17-2004 - 7:19pm
There's a cover story in Aug. 26 Newsweek on this, I think it's same topic but at least relates to obesity and how it kills, too.
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Registered: 07-16-2004
Tue, 08-17-2004 - 7:47pm
**cough**cough**cough**cough**cough**

So after all these years it wasn't allergies...just my fat.

Cheers

Lisa

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Wed, 08-18-2004 - 4:28pm
Oh,crap..you TOO ??? I was wondering what the problem was...NOW I KNOW.
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Registered: 11-04-2003
Wed, 08-18-2004 - 4:39pm
I'd get tested just to know.
 

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