title: [Can obesity be an infectious disease?].
abstract: Obesity is generally considered as the end result of a long standing positive energy balance. Although no one disputes the laws of thermodynamics, some alternative suggestions for the etiology of obesity have been discussed. The expression "infectobesity" describes the possibility that obesity may be associated with viral infections or a particular behaviour of the intestinal bacterial mass.
authors.affiliation: Overviktsenheten, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Huddinge. stephan.rossner@medhs.ki.se
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rössner
mesh_terms: D000258:Adenovirus Infections, Human / Q000150:complications; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral