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I believe that the theory or hypothesis link of obesity to a viral infection is stating that it may be the cause of some cases of obesity. And it may be the cause of some cases of obesity that have in the past been presumed to be based on heredity or genetics.
If there is a virus, which has been proven scientifically be a medical doctor researcher from India, to be linked to cause the symtom of obesity, and that virus is contagous, then family members may expose each other causing them all to come down with the symtom of "obesity", just like any other virus, such as chicken pox.