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2008-05-16 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Global Warming Alert: Obesity contributes to global warming: study

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-05-16 06:03|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 There are a lot of reasons for people to not be obese, but I'm guessing this isn't near the top of the list.

What could the margin of fuel savings be vs the world's entire energy consumption?

This is definitely the AGW cult jumping the shark.

Posted by no mo uro 2008-05-16 07:48|| 2008-05-16 07:48|| Front Page Top

#2 It wasn't long ago that being fat was considered a sign of prosperity, even wealth. After all, poor people can't afford to buy food or pay for unnecessary transportation. But perhaps the writer means to imply that the added weight will be enough to collapse the surface of the Earth, or cause it to spiral into the sun, or something. I fear I don't have nearly as much scientific knowledge as the researchers at the London School of Hygiene, which must be why I don't immediately comprehend their assumptions and conclusions.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-05-16 08:01|| 2008-05-16 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 So the Bush food-to-fuel program is raising food prices in order to fight global warming!

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-05-16 08:04|| 2008-05-16 08:04|| Front Page Top

#4 First thing you do is throw out the damned 1950's BMI chart. It doesn't take into account body type, build, bone structure or the fact that you may have gone to the gym a couple of times in your life.
My brother and I have good genetics for weight lifting and mass building, does that mean at 240 lbs and six feet of height we are obese? If you read the chart it sure as hell says we are.
Try explaining this to an insurance company over the phone, you'll want to tear your hair out two minutes into the conversation.

Posted by Omeretle Guelph2746 2008-05-16 08:36|| 2008-05-16 08:36|| Front Page Top

#5 So the food nazis are banding with the climate nazis. Figured the elitist "We know better than you whats best for you and will force you to do it" would end up on the same page someday, somehow. Even for them, this is a reach. But it shows you how far these religious fanatics will go to enforce the orthodoxy of AGW, so they can impose governmental controls.

And I agree: BMI is a joke, and at my age I hate it - try talking to life insurance peopel and explaining the following:

Mine is 28.9,, borderline obese.

Yet my bodyfat is well within the normal range for a 20 year old, despite being multiple decades past that age.

So I end up having to get a doctor's note, etc, because some pencil-neck bureaucrat thought this was a good measure of fitness.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-16 08:52|| 2008-05-16 08:52|| Front Page Top

#6 oops missed the close /em after "20 year old", mods please edit?

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-16 08:53|| 2008-05-16 08:53|| Front Page Top

#7 2 biscuits over 300 Lb here...
and NO Ima not stopping.. Muuahahahaha

Posted by RD">RD 2008-05-16 10:00|| 2008-05-16 10:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Grind up the elitists and feed them to the fat people.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-16 10:17|| 2008-05-16 10:17|| Front Page Top

#9 So we can infer the government-subsidized liposuction with the waste product being fed into biodiesel plants must be right around the corner.

Posted by AzCat 2008-05-16 11:44|| 2008-05-16 11:44|| Front Page Top

#10 AzCat - some sort of bizarro "Matrix" style energy source?

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-16 12:07|| 2008-05-16 12:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Render Fat Teddy for oil, solves two problems at once.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-05-16 14:12|| 2008-05-16 14:12|| Front Page Top

#12 6'-2", 275lbs here - I'm willing to arm wrestle these pencil necks for "pink slips", with immediate disposal mandatory?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-05-16 19:02|| 2008-05-16 19:02|| Front Page Top

#13 IMO 2,960 Calories is a MINIMA - Read, STARVATION DIET. The average for active Americans [3+ ea. daily meals]regardless of Gender-Age-Health is 5000 calories, and for MALES is higher.

THIS IS THE FOOD SCIENCE/MGT EQUIVALENT OF ARGUING THAT MAINSTREAM AMERS HAVE TO UNILATER CHANGE THEIR WAY OF LIFE SO THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD WON'T HAVE TO = STARVATION-BASED GLOBAL EQUALISM.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-16 19:10|| 2008-05-16 19:10|| Front Page Top

#14 OTOH KOMMERSANT > HALF OF RUSSIANS LACK MONEY FOR FOOD + OVER 20 MILLION RUSSIANS LIVE IN POVERTY + FOOD GETS CHEAPER.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-16 19:23|| 2008-05-16 19:23|| Front Page Top

#15 Jim, rendering Kennedy would run an armored division for a year.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-16 21:06|| 2008-05-16 21:06|| Front Page Top

#16 ION TOPIX > US TO GIVE 500,000 TONS OF FOOD AID TO NORTH KOREA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-05-16 21:33|| 2008-05-16 21:33|| Front Page Top

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