Obese people had lost brain tissue in the frontal and temporal lobes, areas of the brain critical for planning and memory, and in the anterior cingulate gyrus (attention and executive functions), hippocampus (long-term memory) and basal ganglia (movement), the researchers said in a statement today. Overweight people showed brain loss in the basal ganglia, the corona radiata, white matter comprised of axons, and the parietal lobe (sensory lobe).
As if that wasn't scary enough, the previous paragraph is nothing short of scary (emphasis mine)-
More than 300 million worldwide are now classified as obese, according to the World Health Organization. Another billion are overweight. The main cause, experts say: bad diet, including an increased reliance on highly processed foods.
Holy fucking crap!
I wonder sometimes if the stress of the added weight of people has any connection with global warming? That might seem hokey, but think about it -
- People are getting heavier
- They exercise less
- Consequently, to get around, they need to ride in heavier transportation vehicles like vans, trucks, and SUVs
- And the amount of CO2 produced and sent into the atmosphere increases.
Is that so out of left field?
The main sources of greenhouse gases due to human activity are:
- burning of fossil fuels and deforestation leading to higher carbon dioxide concentrations. Land use change (mainly deforestation in the tropics) account for up to one third of total anthropogenic CO2 emissions.[22]
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