Dec. 24, 2009 An unhealthy lifestyle, unreasonable working
conditions, and then the stress of having to deliver 152 million
Christmas gifts in 24 hours. The extreme accomplishments of
Santa Claus are making researchers at the University of
Gothenburg, Sweden doubt his very existence. Santa's quite
obvious abdominal obesity and deep red facial complexion are
convincing indicators that the man is at risk for both heart
attack and stroke. "I'm confident that he would benefit from
treatment of both diabetes and high blood pressure. And
cholesterol-lowering drugs would probably not hurt either. As if
that wasn't enough, new research shows that his abdominal
obesity is a risk factor for dementia," says Annika Rosengren,
professor at the Department of Emergency and Cardiovascular
Medicine. Too much sugar and fat Since Santa lives in Lapland
(Henrik Aronsson, reader at the Department of Plant and
Environmental Sciences, claims that the North Pole is out of the
question due to its apparent lack of reindeer pasture), t