A Modest Proposal - Kill the Fat People

Yes! Round them up... According to one of the authors of a letter appearing in the Lancet, they are killing the planet:

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

What Big Picture? Global Warming. 

Yes. Really. 

See the article and commentary at Watts Up with That

and note the picture used to put a human face on this tragedy... Three guesses on who they picked as the poster boy.