CNN.com: Stress is bad, but one expert says it's also fattening

I'm going to see my doctor for my routine weight-loss checkup today. I'm going to ask him about this and the other articles about fat viruses and genes.

I'm not making excuses for my obesity, but I'd like to know whether these things are plausible, it might help me manage with my situation once I've lost the weight. I don't want to gain it back.

BTW, my diet willpower has been very very low lately. And yes, I've been quite stressed.