Fatter and gassier.

• Position: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign study on gasoline use by Americans who are overweight - Brief article

See "Fat City," September/October 2005, p. 10

As waistlines expand, Americans are also using more gasoline, according to a new study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Researchers concluded that U.S. vehicles consume 3.6 billion more liters (938 million gallons) of gas annually today than they did in 1960 because drivers...