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Obesity contributes to global warming: study
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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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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Don't go getting ahead of yourself. The first priority is killing the American economy. Then the abolition of private property. Then comes the population control.
Don't worry, they'll get around to it soon enough.
Sorry. I'll pretend it is due to my impatient youth. Youth being a relative term. Thanks for straightening me out. I feel better.
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posted on
05/15/2008 7:07:42 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: porgygirl
Obviously, if we care about the planet, the only option is to herd all the fat people into exercise and diet camps, and kill the ones who wash out of the program.
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posted on
05/15/2008 7:13:29 PM PDT
by
Maceman
(If you're not getting a tax cut, you're getting a pay cut.)
To: porgygirl
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. Will Algore need to purchase more carbon credits. Imagine the carbon footprint of that fat f$^k Michael Moore.
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posted on
05/15/2008 7:18:02 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Obama: "America is the greatest country on earth, help me change America.")
To: porgygirl
Can’t they just tell us what does not contribute to Global Warming, and what is not caused by Global Warming. I’m sure those are a lot shorter.
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posted on
05/15/2008 7:21:59 PM PDT
by
Tatze
(I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
To: xcamel
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posted on
05/15/2008 7:29:43 PM PDT
by
Eric Blair 2084
(Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
To: porgygirl
Dude, you're in trouble...
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posted on
05/15/2008 8:19:23 PM PDT
by
Entrepreneur
(The environmental movement is filled with watermelons - green on the outside, red on the inside)
To: porgygirl
Global warming = compelled behavior modification.
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posted on
05/15/2008 8:28:46 PM PDT
by
Roberts
To: xp38
Funny Videos
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posted on
05/16/2008 12:24:41 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
To: porgygirl
by 2015, 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese.These are just round figures.
; ]
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posted on
05/16/2008 10:36:44 AM PDT
by
GSWarrior
(Proudly posting band-width consuming images since 2000)
To: gitmo
and i just got my BMI below 30, i do have some nice sweaters from my days living in connecticut,i hope the cooling does not keep me out of the gulf waters.
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posted on
05/20/2008 3:51:28 AM PDT
by
porgygirl
(DIESEL BOATS FOREVER, OOGA OOGA OOGA ready tube 1)
To: porgygirl
This stinks. I’m 6’1”, 173 pounds, and I thought I was a major emitter of carbon.
Crap, now I have to gain weight.
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posted on
05/20/2008 3:58:03 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(This election is like running in the Special Olympics. Even if McCain wins, were still retarded.)
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