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== New Atheism leadership's problem with excess weight and a vegan/vegetarian diet ==
[[File:PZ Myers pic.jpg|thumbnail|275px|right|[[PZ Myers]] in 2006.]]
''See also:'' [[New Atheism leadership's problem with excess weight]] and [[New Atheism leadership's problem with excess weight and a vegan/vegetarian diet]] and [[Atheism and obesity]]

A vegetarian/vegan diet can help with weight loss efforts.<ref>[https://www.eatthis.com/veganism-found-to-be-the-best-diet-for-weight-loss/ Veganism Found to Be the Best Diet for Weight Loss]</ref>

The term New Atheism which first appeared in the November 2006 edition of ''Wired'' magazine, is frequently applied to a series of six best-selling books by five authors that appeared in the period between 2004–2008.  These authors include [[Sam Harris]], [[Daniel Dennett]], [[Richard Dawkins]], Victor J. Stenger and [[Christopher Hitchens]].<ref>http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/battle.html</ref>  

According to [[medical science]], there are a significant number of [[Health risks linked to obesity|health related problems associated with being overweight]].  

Although the New Atheist leaders claim to be pro-science, 3 out of 5 of these [[atheism|atheist]] men have had issues with being overweight as can be seen [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7230309@N05/3708479160/ HERE] and [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3UXl0oMYPLs/SXgxH_-MgFI/AAAAAAAAAF4/EU-wzxEjOmc/s1600-h/atheist-reason.jpg HERE] and [http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Quantum-Mechanics-Could-Link-Humans-with-the-Universe-2.jpg/ HERE]. 

In the late 1990s, Dennet had [[coronary artery bypass surgery]] (coronary artery bypass surgery reroutes blood around clogged [[artery|arteries]] to enhance [[blood]] flow and [[oxygen]] to the [[heart]]).<ref>http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/dennett06/dennett06_index.html</ref><ref>http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4484</ref>  In 2003, a [http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness.html a video] at Ted was published featuring an overweight Daniel Dennett.  In 2013, [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/08/daniel-dennett-new-atheism-has-changed-the-face-of-america/ a video] embedded on a ''The Raw Story'' article featured an overweight Daniel Dennett. 

In 2010, [[PZ Myers]], who considered himself a New Atheist and dubbed himself the 5th horseman of New Atheism, had health problems related to his heart.<ref>http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/thats_not_a_heart_its_a_flaili.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28Pharyngula%29&utm_content=Google+Reader</ref><ref>[https://thehumanist.com/magazine/november-december-2009/features/comes-a-horseman Comes a horseman] by PZ Myers</ref> In 2017, Myers renounced the New Atheism movement.<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/07/31/the-new-atheism-is-dead-long-live-atheism/ The New Atheism is dead. Long live atheism.]</ref>

Myers says he has sympathy for veganism and has been cutting back the amount of meat in his diet.<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/09/02/so-many-bad-arguments-for-veganism/ So many bad arguments for veganism…] by PZ Myers</ref>

See also: [[Atheism and obesity]].