Is obesity an contagious disease?

A reader asks: I am a heavyweight, but I have not reached obesity, and I am afraid that my daughters will become obese, is it an contagious disease for those around me?

Answering the question Dr. Amr Matar, professor at the Faculty of Medicine University and president of the Egyptian Society of Medical Nutrition consultant pain therapy, saying: One of the most important topics discussed at the annual European Conference on Obesity in Budapest, Hungary last week is is obesity an contagious disease?

Scientific research has shown that one of the viruses that infects the respiratory system of man is the virus "AD37" causes obesity in chicken, as some preliminary research indicated that the virus "AD36" may lead to obesity in humans, where antibodies to the virus found in the analysis Blood for more than 30% of obese patients.

Research is now being carried out intensively to prove or deny this relationship, which may be a new opening in the face of the modern-day epidemic of obesity, since if this relationship is proven, the next step is to prepare the faxes for the treatment of obesity, and then we will have an effective weapon for treatment. The final ity of the disease, a hope that millions expect, but we are still waiting for definitive ly-in-one research into this relationship.

On the other hand, complementary research has proved conclusively and definitively that obesity is a socially contagious disease in the sense that it spreads from person to person socially connected, such as friends, spouses and children, and these studies have produced the following results:
- If a person is obese, close people associated with him are also at risk of obesity
- It is very strange that the most vulnerable of these are close friends than brothers or husbands
- If your best friend gets obese, you are 57% risky.
- This percentage rises to 71% if there is more than one fat friend in the group

- This percentage is not less than the distance of the friend from you even after 500 miles
- Among brothers if one is injured, the rate of injury in the other reaches 40%
- Among couples if one is injured, the incidence of the other is 37%.

This important and dangerous information reminds us of the words of Our Lord Muhammad (pbuh) "One is the mirror of his girlfriend, let one of you look at someone who thinks", so it is certain in one way or another that obesity is contagious and thin as well.