"Rumor has it that game testers have reported that vegetarian Sims live longer and age more slowly than meat-eating Sims."

It's not a rumor. It actually says so in the trait description inside the game.

Eh, PETA. Don't get me started on them.

I actually became a vegetarian a few years back. I was playing World of WarCraft, of all games. I decided to make my TooN as vegetarianish as possible. I wouldn't sell leather, only eat my veggies(sadly I still eat cheese so that too), I also became a World PvsP "CareBear". Meaning I wouldn't harm other players for the most part. I thought the gameplay for that was quite interesting sometimes. I still got my kill on vs a.i. and in Battle Grounds though. I'll tell you though, it's impossible to run from players who want to kill you as a warrior. So, after a long time I went back to being a full "Griefer". That was mainly because I moved servers to kill a Horde player who turned me into a vegetarian in the first place :P

Wow....PETA dosent have anything to do these days huh?

I thought vegetarianism was a great inclusion to the Sims, and the way they implemented it fits the series' tone perfectly. Glad somebody is recognizing them for it (and this is coming from a hard-core carnivore!).