Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 05/16/2008 9:18:04 AM PDT by gallaxyglue
Obesity contributes to global warming: study Michael Kahn, Reuters Published: Thursday, May 15, 2008
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.
BMI is a calculation of height to weight, and the normal range is usually considered to be 18 to 25, with more than 25 considered overweight and above 30 obese.
The researchers found that obese people require 1,680 daily calories to sustain normal energy and another 1,280 calories to maintain daily activities, 18 percent more than someone with a stable BMI.
Because thinner people eat less and are more likely to walk than rely on cars, a slimmer population would lower demand for fuel for transportation and for agriculture, Edwards said.
This is also important because 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions stem from agriculture, he added.
The next step is quantifying how much a heavier population is contributing to climate change, higher fuel prices and food shortages, he added.
"Promotion of a normal distribution of BMI would reduce the global demand for, and thus the price of, food," Edwards and Roberts wrote.
Where’s Algore tipping the scales these days?
Somewhere between Rosie O'Donnell and Michael Moore. ;)
I say we get rid of Ted Kennedy and Al Gore. They’re part of this problem.
Someone should point this report out to Rosie O’Donnell....... Doesn’t she consider herself sympathetic to the environmentalists????
This is about the only way for the political left to indirectly attack Senator Ted Kennedy.
lol!
Lessee. This is the same "journal" that put forth the fraudulent claim about 600,000 Iraqi dead (due to OIF/OEF), right?
That’s funny. I thought global warming caused obesity.
After all, it causes everything else, doesn’t it?
“The next step is quantifying how much a heavier population is contributing to climate change”.....
The ultimate stupid statement from AlGore cool aid drinkers!
Fat people contribute to global warming...do you hear that Rosie O’Numbnuts?....
Haven’t you heard? Globull warming DOES cause obesity! Here is my logic: Everyone knows that it takes more energy to stay warm in cold climates than in warm climates, right? Well, as it warms up, people burn fewer calories an thus become fatter.
Therefore, if you have a fat posterior, IT’S GEORGE BUSH’S FAULT!
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“That’s funny. I thought global warming caused obesity.
After all, it causes everything else, doesn’t it?”
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You didn’t do your homework! Yes global warming causes everything but everything causes global warming, it is a huge positive feedback loop which will destroy the world unless we put AlGore in charge of everything and do exactly as he instructs.
i can cut obesity numbers by a third easily. raise the bmi from 30 to 32. that’s what libs do everytime they don’t like the facts.
I only eat 2 meals a day and very few snacks. If I didn’t drink several beers a day, I would probably die.
They can kiss my not obese ass!
all wrong....everyone knows that obese people can’t marry because obesity is considered a horror, and if they can’t marry or have boyfriends/girlfriends, then they can’t procreate....and if they can’t procreate, doesn’t that just make all the haters really happy?....afterall, its all about abolishing the human race ( except for the beautiful people)
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