Obesity is not Environmentally Friendly
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
published an article on April 20 in the International Journal of Epidemiology, which basically says big is bad for the environment. Food production is a major contributor to greenhouse
gases, say the research team. Therefore, a lean population (think Vietnam) consumes about 20 percent
less food and produces fewer greenhouse gases than The United States, where nearly 40 percent of people are obese.
Not only to obese people consume more food, they consume more fuel: It takes less energy to transport slim people.
The researchers calculated that a lean population of a billion people would emit 1,000 million tons less transportation-related carbon dioxide equivalents a year than an obese population would emit.
Who knew slim was so green?
The researchers calculated that a lean population of a billion people would emit 1,000 million tons less transportation-related carbon dioxide equivalents a year than an obese population would emit.
Who knew slim was so green?
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