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Old 08-21-2007, 11:27 AM  
Eric
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It is a fact that the thyroid can cause people to be either obese or insanely skinny depending on how active or should I say under/overactive it is.

I think this study is BS though. I wonder if anyone is already doing a study to see if the fact that someone is obese and out of shape that their immune system is damaged and therefore they have a higher chance of not being able to fight off the virus.

I personally wouldn't consider myself obese, but if I don't take care of myself and watch what I eat. I can pile on pounds very quickly. My metobolic rate is slower and I believe this is due to the fact that as a kid I ate very little protein and lived on carbs, luckily I was always active and played sports. But when I hit my mid 20s my activity slowed way down and I watched the pounds pile on.

So now I have to be careful and eat good and continue my activity level.

There are many reasons people are heavy. A Virus is not one of them. I call BS
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