"Obesity Contributes to Global Warming," Reuters, Lancet study

Global warming ketchup and mustard saving Einsteins have been brought in to foul the air of baseball fans, which is nothing like what's coming. Everything will be tied to Kyoto/Global Warming, political hacks and movie stars. That's baseball today--Hollywood and Politics front and center. Now from Reuters and Lancet, your fatness aggravates global warming. After all, Fenway is a small park, you have some nerve going there if you're fat.

• (Reuters) 5/15/08- "Obesity contributes to global warming, too.

Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.

• This adds to food shortages and higher energy prices, the school's researchers Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts wrote in the journal Lancet on Friday.

"We are all becoming heavier and it is a global responsibility," Edwards said in a telephone interview. "Obesity is a key part of the big picture."...

• Because thinner people eat less and are more likely to walk than rely on cars, a slimmer population would lower demand for fuel for transportation and for agriculture, Edwards said."...

From Reuters article by Michael Kahn, "Obesity Contributes to Global Warming," 5/15/08, via Lucianne.com

• *Not to worry--you won't be able to afford gas to get to a game anyway.

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