October 22, 2007 in Media Business by sbaradell@ideagrove.com

Study: Obesity Linked to Headlessness

A new study of media coverage of studies of obesity has concluded that headlessness may be a contributor to excessive weight gain.

“We’ve read almost every study on obesity as reported in the media, and there is compelling evidence that many overweight people — and particularly morbidly obese people — are headless,” said Dr. O.R. Chard of the Center for the Study of Media-Reported Studies. “Whether this link is causal or merely correlational is as yet undetermined, but certainly merits further study.”

Dr. Chard cited evidence from numerous sources, including an Australian study of schoolchildren:

New U.K. government data showing a sharp rise in obesity in that country:

A report on 300 studies to be presented at the Obesity Society conference in New Orleans:

A new study on the relationship between obesity and the ability to float:

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9 Responses to “Study: Obesity Linked to Headlessness”

  1. Kate217 says:

    Brilliant!

  2. buffpuff says:

    Heeeee! Love it!

  3. cynth says:

    ha! I concur.

  4. Charli says:

    Wunderbar! Excelente! Bellissimo!

    I’m rolling around laughing at this…

  5. ticonoderoga72 says:

    clever, yes. But not as far from the truth as we would hope. It turns out obesity and Alzheimer’s are both caused by chronic low grade inflammation, which also happens to cause heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. So for now they may appear visually headless, they will eventually wind up functionally headless as well.

  6. Anonymous says:

    When I figured out what the title meant, I laughed out loud. Too funny!

  7. the best solution for obesity is none other than Exercise and Proper diet. i would try to avoid slimming pills or fat burning food supplements

  8. nina says:

    wrong. the best “solution” is to stop seeing fat people as a problem and start seeing them as PEOPLE.

  9. Bridgette says:

    Obesity and diabetes is a growing problems nowadays. It is caused by todays lifestyle which does not involve lots amount of exercise. Most people are just happy sitting in their office chair and they do not even want to sweat.

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