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Dieters are at a higher risk of catching flu during the season, a study suggests.
A team led by Dr. Elizabeth Gardner at Michigan State University divided mice into two groups, one on a normal diet and one provided with 40 percent reduced calories.
Both were exposed to a strain of influenza. More "dieting" mice died from the flu virus or developed complications than those on a normal diet. In addition, they recovered from the flu more slowly than regularly fed mice.
The research team said if people go on a diet in winter, when the flu virus is active, the body's ability to fight off the flu virus decreases and susceptibility increases.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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