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Obesity contributes to global warming: study
http://www.reuters.com ^ | may 15 | Widgets

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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it's all rosie's fault
1 posted on 05/15/2008 4:34:09 PM PDT by porgygirl
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2 posted on 05/15/2008 4:35:15 PM PDT by xcamel (Forget the past and you're doomed to repeat it.)
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To: porgygirl

Fat people consume more. They needed research to figure that out?


3 posted on 05/15/2008 4:36:19 PM PDT by The_Republican (Ovaries of the World Unite! Rush, Laura, Ann, Greta - Time for the Ovulation!)
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To: porgygirl

It has officially become impossible to tell the difference between Reuters and The Onion without glancing at the byline.


4 posted on 05/15/2008 4:36:47 PM PDT by joebuck (Finitum non capax infinitum!)
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To: porgygirl

If all us fatsos sit down at the same time, we could knock the Earth out of its orbit.


5 posted on 05/15/2008 4:37:37 PM PDT by Argus (Obama: All turban and no goats.)
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Ban all the people!


6 posted on 05/15/2008 4:38:09 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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overweight people require more fuel to transport them

But overweight people travel less often, so there!

7 posted on 05/15/2008 4:38:21 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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I feel so guilty :(
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8 posted on 05/15/2008 4:38:27 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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Oh no! Kill the whales will be the new rallying cry.


9 posted on 05/15/2008 4:39:56 PM PDT by beaversmom
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“Obesity contributes to global warming: study

Has anyone notified Ted Kennedy or Al Gore? ;-o


10 posted on 05/15/2008 4:40:12 PM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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Nuke the whales!


11 posted on 05/15/2008 4:40:29 PM PDT by newheart (The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
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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.....


12 posted on 05/15/2008 4:42:15 PM PDT by Kimmers
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Yeah, I’ve even seen some struggling ATVs that probably don’t get very good mileage. ;-)


13 posted on 05/15/2008 4:42:58 PM PDT by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
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Someone tell Teddy that his girth contributes...


14 posted on 05/15/2008 4:43:38 PM PDT by Righter-than-Rush
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This is getting way beyond silly.


15 posted on 05/15/2008 4:45:09 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: porgygirl

Obesity helps people survive global cooling.


16 posted on 05/15/2008 4:45:34 PM PDT by gitmo (From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)
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Beam me to Planet Gore !

17 posted on 05/15/2008 4:46:47 PM PDT by steelyourfaith
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Ah HA! No wonder people are getting fatter! They’re storing up for the upcoming ICE AGE!!!


18 posted on 05/15/2008 4:47:02 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Liberals learning curves are pretty flat,)
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To: porgygirl

I think I’ll burn some fossil fuels tonite and make a few Smores


19 posted on 05/15/2008 4:48:11 PM PDT by digger48 (http://prorev.com/legacy.htm)
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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?


20 posted on 05/15/2008 4:49:54 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg ("Shut the hell up, New York Times, you sanctimonious whining jerks!" - Craig Ferguson)
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