回答{TSE}题： Obesity Causes Global Warming The list of ills attributable to obesity keeps growing: Lastweek,obese people were accused of causing global warming. This conclusion comes from Sheldon Jacobson of the Universityof Illinois, US, and a doctoral student,Laura McLay. Their study calculates howmuch extra gasoline is needed to haul fat Americans arounD．The answer, theysay, is a billion gallons of gas per year. 46__________ There has been calls for taxes on junk food in recentyears. 47__________'We taxcigarettes partly because of their health cost', Schmidt said.'Similarly,leading a lazy lifestyle. will end up costing taxpayers more. US political scientist Eric Oliver said his first instinct wasto laugh at these gas and fast food arguments. But such claims are gettingattention. At the US Obesity Society's annual meeting, one personcorrelated obesity with car accident deaths,and another correlated obesity withsuicides. 48__________'The funnything was that everyone took it seriously, 'Oliver said. In a 1960s study,children were shown drawings of children withdisabilities and without them,and a drawing of an obese chilD．They were askedwhich they would want for a friend ? 49__________ Three researchers recently repeated the study using collegestudents. Once again,almost no one,not even obese people,liked the obeseperson. 'Obesity was stigmatized,'the researchers said. But,researchers say,getting thin is not like quitting smoking.People struggle to stop smoking, and,in the end,many succeeD．Obesity isdifferent. But,not because obese people don't care. 50__________Genes also playa part.