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Obesity causes global warming, say scientists By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:35 PM on 21st April 2009 Comments (111) Add to My Stories Being overweight is bad for the environment as well as your health, according to a study released today. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that overweight people were likely to be more responsible for carbon emissions than slim people because they consume more food and fuel. The study blamed an increased demand for livestock production for meat, believed to be responsible for 20 per cent of all greenhouse gases due to the toxic methane emitted by cows. They added that a higher dependency on cars was also a contributing factor. ![]() http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...cientists.html ‘Staying slim is good for health and for the environment. We need to be doing a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness, and recognise it as a key factor in the battle to reduce emissions and slow climate change.’ The study found that ‘slim’ nations like Vietnam consume almost 20 per cent less food and so produce fewer carbon emissions than a more overweight population, such as the US, where 40 per cent are obese, the study found. The researchers estimated that a lean population of one billion would emit 1,000million tonnes less carbon dioxide per year than a ‘fat’ nation of the same size. In nearly every country average body mass index (BMI) is rising. Between 1994 and 2004, the average male BMI in England increased from 26 to 27.3, while the average female BMI went up from 25.8 to 26.9 (about 3kg - or half a stone - heavier). The study appears today in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
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Most of us know Global Warming is a hoax!
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Comments (111)Here's what readers have had to say so far. Why not add your thoughts below?
The Liberals have absolutely lost their minds! I gained 100 pounds while on steroid treatment for a debilitating disease I am fighting like hell to get the weight back off now that I am better, It is very difficult. I have a 100 pound sister that easily eats twice the volume of food than me. This is just another example of the elitist liberals gone wild. Obese people are being discriminated against. Call them Fat , make fun of them, ridicule them as it is politically correct to do so. Click to rate Rating 14 - Robby, Jacksonville, Fl, 23/4/2009 12:05 Brilliant! The propaganda knows no bounds. Why not mix smokers in with this lot too? Fat, smoking, drivers are responsible for the 'global' recession and global warming. They probably drive too fast too. Click to rate Rating 11 - Derek Church, Sussex, UK, 23/4/2009 10:15 Yep....Tax fatties! They cost governments a fortune with all their health problems all my tax for their diabetes, heart surgery, gastric banding and why...because they have zero self control. See it, Want it, Eat it. Just stop putting stuff in your mouth - may just save your life and my wallet. If not for yourself do it for your country. Click to rate Rating 7 etc................ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...cientists.html
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