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Posted on 05/15/2008 4:34:09 PM PDT by porgygirl
GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.
This adds to food shortages and higher energy prices, the school's researchers Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts wrote in the journal Lancet on Friday.
"We are all becoming heavier and it is a global responsibility," Edwards said in a telephone interview. "Obesity is a key part of the big picture."
At least 400 million adults worldwide are obese. The World Health Organization (WHO) projects by 2015, 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese.
In their model, the researchers pegged 40 percent of the global population as obese with a body mass index of near 30. Many nations are fast approaching or have surpassed this level, Edwards said.
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Fat people consume more. They needed research to figure that out?
It has officially become impossible to tell the difference between Reuters and The Onion without glancing at the byline.
If all us fatsos sit down at the same time, we could knock the Earth out of its orbit.
Ban all the people!
But overweight people travel less often, so there!
Oh no! Kill the whales will be the new rallying cry.
“Obesity contributes to global warming: study
Has anyone notified Ted Kennedy or Al Gore? ;-o
Nuke the whales!
I am so sick of this global warming crap. If gas wasn’t so expensive i would drive my burb all day long and eat my 3 meals at fast food restaurants, which would contribute to my obesity. I would also spray cans of aqua net (floro carbons) just to diminish the ozone layer while my truck idles in the drive through line.....
Yeah, I’ve even seen some struggling ATVs that probably don’t get very good mileage. ;-)
This is getting way beyond silly.
Obesity helps people survive global cooling.
Ah HA! No wonder people are getting fatter! They’re storing up for the upcoming ICE AGE!!!
I think I’ll burn some fossil fuels tonite and make a few Smores
If we are to follow the logic, people cause all Gorebull warming.
And since people are the sole source of Gorebull warming, would it be considered environmental activism if someone went to london and started eliminating the “doctors” carbon emissions personally and with extreme prejudice?
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