Obesity impairs body's 'memory' of how to fight flu: study

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Obesity impairs body's 'memory' of how to fight flu: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity may limit the body's ability to develop immunity to influenza viruses, particularly secondary infections, by inhibiting the immune system's ability to 'remember' how it fought off previous similar bouts of illness, according to new research from the University of North Carolina ...

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Tags: Immune, Obesity, Infection, Flu, Disease and Condition