HIV-Positive Now Overweight Like Everyone Else - As Disease Becomes A Chronic Condition, Other Health Issues Arise
While the hallmark of HIV/AIDS used to be excessive weight loss, people with the virus now are becoming overweight and even obese right along with the rest of America, suggests research being presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Excess weight loss known as wasting was once a telltale sign of HIV/AIDS. However, in a study of more than 600 HIV-positive people treated at two U.S.
