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Obesity Causes Global Warming
The list of ills attributable to obesity keeps growing: Last week, obese people were accused of causing global warming.<br>
This conclusion comes from Sheldon Jacobson of the University of Illinois, US, and a doctoral student, Laura McLay. Their study calculates how much extra gasoline is needed to haul fat Americans around. The answer, they say, is a billion gallons of gas per year. __________ (46)<br>
There has been calls for taxes on junk food in recent years. __________ (47) "We tax cigarettes partly because of their health cost," Schmidt said. "Similarly, leading a lazy lifestyle. will end up costing taxpayers more."<br>
US political scientist Erie Oliver said his first instinct was to laugh at these gas and fast food arguments. But such claims are getting attention.<br>
At the US Obesity Society&39;s annual meeting, one person correlated obesity with car accident deaths, and another correlated obesity with suicides. __________ (48) "The funny thing was that everyone took it seriously," Oliver said.<br>
In a 1960s study, children were shown drawings of children with disabilities and without them, and a drawing of an obese child. They were asked which they would want for a friend. __________ (49)<br>
Three researchers recently repeated the study using college students. Once again, almost no one,not even obese people, liked the obese person. "Obesity was stigmatized," the researchers said.<br>
But, researchers say, getting thin is not like quitting smoking. People struggle to stop smoking, and, in the end, many succeed. Obesity is different. But, not because obese people don&39;t care.__________ (50) Genes also play a part.
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