To recap our story to this point, boys and girls, The Lancet reports that for the first time in human history, obesity is killing more people worldwide than malnutrition. The annual death toll blamed on obesity stands on the far side of 3 million, while fewer than 1 million now die from the effects of starvation and malnutrition. This was the cover story in the February 1 Medical Examiner. As it turns out, humans are not the only ones affected: