Obese Contribute to Global Warming?
May 18th, 2008
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A letter in the Lancet which holds obesity as a contributory factor for global warming has sparked off a controversy
Compared with the normal weight population, the obese population consumes 18% more food energy. Additionally, more transportation fuel energy will be used to transport the increased mass of the obese population, which will increase even further if, as is likely, the overweight people in response to their increased body mass choose to walk less and drive more[link]
Here is an ABC article on the letter in which one critic points out that far more food is wasted compared to the extra consumed by the obese. However, it must be pointed out that obesity as incidental to their primary argument that a coherent urban transport policy is a must.
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