BioSentral

Portland cop fired for lying about weight-loss surgery - PORTLAND - A Portland police officer has been fired for lying about her weight-loss surgery. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

Obesity contributes to global warming: study - GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too. [Reuters Health News]

Fuck California!

Fuck California! Watch the video all the way through.

Fuck California

Thank you, faggots. Thank you. I'll watch out for my own fucking health, faggots. If I get sick from this shit, it's my fault, faggots, and I won't eat there again, faggots. This is what's coming if you socialize health care, giving the government the power to tell you what to eat.

Study: Fat People Live Longer - A new study has revealed that being overweight or slightly obese implies that
you'll live longer on average than slim or skinny people. [Impactlab.com]

Scotland stands behind America as the world's second fattest nation - Scotland is the second fattest nation in the developed world, with only the United States having higher obesity levels, a report revealed yesterday. [Timesonline.co.uk]

GENESEE COUNTY - Two members of Flint Southwestern Academy's football team were released from the county jail and allowed to play in Friday night's win over Grand Blanc High School before heading back behind bars, county authorities said.

MLive article

Banned for being big - Woman not allowed back into bar accuses staff of discrimination. Jenny Dionne started her night on the town in typical fashion a few weeks ago. It ended abruptly one drink later when she wasn’t allowed to re-enter a bar after stepping outside for a smoke because staff thought she was too big. [thechronicleherald.ca]

Too fat? Common virus may be to blame: study - CHICAGO (Reuters) - A common virus caused human adult stem cells to turn into fat cells and could explain why some people become obese, U.S. researchers said on Monday. [Reuters US News]

Police suspect chooses bad hiding spot - A 20-year-old Tennessee man is in police custody after allegedly attempting to hide in a restaurant's ceiling, but it could not hold his weight. [upi.com]

Take obese children from parents, say doctors - Severely overweight children should be taken from their parents and put into care, doctors said yesterday as it emerged that obesity had been a factor in at least 20 child protection cases in the past year. [Telegraph.co.uk]