Can you catch obesity?

In this artile doctors talk about how you can gegt obesity in many ways and how to not become obese, like excercice and eat health and also wash your hands. Research has found a new bacteria /virus that people can catch that people think you can become obese from. They first found this virus in animals and then in humans and it isn't good for others.Thats why its always good to wash your hands, eat healthy and excersize. I find this article beneficial to the world to help them notice how important washing your hands is and what you can get if not. As well as for me I find this article very important and helpful for me and my family and to know why we always need to wash our hands and I can tell tham that reason.
Reference:http://www.biology-online.org/articles/catch_obesity.html