Also: China-Japan talks break down; Hurricane Igor batters Bermuda.
From Bloomberg:
Children who tested positive for a virus strain that causes respiratory and gastrointestinal illness weigh more than those who didn’t, suggesting that infections may cause or contribute to obesity, a study showed.
Obese children who were found to have been exposed to a strain called adenovirus 36 weighed about 35 pounds more on average than obese children who tested negative, researchers said today in the journal Pediatrics. Children, whether obese or not, who tested positive were 52 pounds heavier on average than those showing no evidence of the virus, according to the study of 124 kids, including 67 who were obese.
» Read the full story: Children Exposed to Virus Weigh More in Possible Obesity Link, Study Finds [Bloomberg]
In other news:
» Boat collision sparks anger, breakdown in China-Japan talks [The Washington Post]
» Miners' families say Chile's president playing politics with rescue [CNN]
» Hurricane Igor batters Bermuda; Mexico's death toll from Karl rises to 12 [The Associated Press]