text:  You put more mass at the equator and it actually slows the planet down. It's like you've seen figure skaters, ice skaters, when they're very tight and they spin around and they're very narrow and they stand up straight, they go really fast. When they go, when they sort of crouch down, they slow down. It's exactly the same thing that's happening there. Now, when people get fat around the middle, it's bad for our health. Is it bad for the Earth?