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Greedy pigs

Marija Andric

Roly-poly patients are six times more likely to catch Swine Flu a new medical study of the virus has revealed.

The report - by the Vienna Medical University's Institute of Virology - says people with a Body Mass Index of 35 or higher made up nearly 30 per cent of all Swine Flu victims recorded in Austria and New Zealand, which represents just five per cent of the population.



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