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''For more information see'': [[PZ Myers' health issues]] and [[New Atheism leadership's problem with excess weight]] and [[Internet atheism and obesity]]

''For more information see'': [[PZ Myers' health issues]] and [[New Atheism leadership's problem with excess weight]] and [[Internet atheism and obesity]]

[[Image:Cerebellum.jpg|right|thumb|170px|[[Medical science]] research indicates that excess weight impairs brain function.<ref name="psychonline">http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/41/18/25.1.full</ref><ref name="waistlines">http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/08/25/as-waistlines-widen-brains-shrink.html</ref> ]]

[[Image:Cerebellum.jpg|right|thumb|170px|[[Medical science]] research indicates that excess weight impairs brain function.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19816410 BMI and neuronal integrity in healthy, cognitively normal elderly: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study]</ref><ref name="waistlines">http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/08/25/as-waistlines-widen-brains-shrink.html</ref> ]]

A 2009 picture of a significantly overweight PZ Myers can be found [http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfimi/5244769742/ HERE].  A 2010 picture taken in Australia shows PZ Myers drinking ale/beer and he had excess weight in his abdominal area.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/reuvenim/4426093513/</ref>  In 2010, PZ Myers had health problems related to his heart.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/23/thats-not-a-heart-its-a-flaili/ That’s not a heart! It’s a flailing Engine of Destruction!]</ref> In addition, [[medical science]] research indicates that excess weight impairs brain function.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19816410 BMI and neuronal integrity in healthy, cognitively normal elderly: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study]</ref><ref name="waistlines" /> Given PZ Myers' biological training and the wide dissemination of the [[Physical and mental health related problems associated with obesity|harmful health effects of being overweight]] in terms of cardiovascular health and brain function, it is unfortunate that preventative medicine was not used in greater measure in terms of his health.<ref name="psychonline" /><ref name="waistlines" /><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21121834</ref> PZ Myers inattention to diligently implementing the recommendations of [[nutritional science]], [[exercise science]] and [[medical science]] is not entirely surprising given his vehement advocacy of [[evolution|evolutionary pseudoscience]]. There have been a [[Evolutionists who have had problems with being overweight and/or obese|number of notable evolutionists who have been overweight]]. In addition, the [[Atheism and obesity|atheist community appears to have problems with obesity.]] On June 1, 2011, Myers posted a picture of himself and others on his blog and Myers appeared to no longer have issues with being overweight.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/06/01/the-final-tally-on-the-camp-qu/ The Final Tally on the Camp Quest race: I win!]</ref>

A 2009 picture of a significantly overweight PZ Myers can be found [http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfimi/5244769742/ HERE].  A 2010 picture taken in Australia shows PZ Myers drinking ale/beer and he had excess weight in his abdominal area.<ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/reuvenim/4426093513/</ref>  In 2010, PZ Myers had health problems related to his heart.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/23/thats-not-a-heart-its-a-flaili/ That’s not a heart! It’s a flailing Engine of Destruction!]</ref> In addition, [[medical science]] research indicates that excess weight impairs brain function.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19816410 BMI and neuronal integrity in healthy, cognitively normal elderly: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study]</ref><ref name="waistlines" /> Given PZ Myers' biological training and the wide dissemination of the [[Physical and mental health related problems associated with obesity|harmful health effects of being overweight]] in terms of cardiovascular health and brain function, it is unfortunate that preventative medicine was not used in greater measure in terms of his health.<ref name="psychonline" /><ref name="waistlines" /><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21121834</ref> PZ Myers inattention to diligently implementing the recommendations of [[nutritional science]], [[exercise science]] and [[medical science]] is not entirely surprising given his vehement advocacy of [[evolution|evolutionary pseudoscience]]. There have been a [[Evolutionists who have had problems with being overweight and/or obese|number of notable evolutionists who have been overweight]]. In addition, the [[Atheism and obesity|atheist community appears to have problems with obesity.]] On June 1, 2011, Myers posted a picture of himself and others on his blog and Myers appeared to no longer have issues with being overweight.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/06/01/the-final-tally-on-the-camp-qu/ The Final Tally on the Camp Quest race: I win!]</ref>