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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGlobal weight gain more damaging than rising numbers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18462985Extra weight could be the equivalent of adding an extra billion people to the planet.
Researchers say that increasing levels of fatness around the world could have the same impact on global resources as an extra billion people.
The team estimated the total weight of people on the planet and found that North America had the highest average.
Although only 6% of the global population live there, it is responsible for more than a third of the obesity.
The research is published in the journal BMC Public Health.
In their report, the researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine calculate the weight of the global population at 287 million tonnes. They estimate that 15 million tonnes of this mass is due to people being overweight, and 3.5 million tonnes due to obesity.
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Global weight gain more damaging than rising numbers (Original Post)
xchrom
Jun 2012
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Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)1. I know how this will turn out....
...soooooo
trumad
(41,692 posts)2. Well---this is good news for those who think the earth is flat...
Because it may be someday.
2on2u
(1,843 posts)3. If heavy dinosaurs caused early pole shifts....it's a good thing we have GPS today... cuz
it's bound to happen again.
BadgerKid
(4,552 posts)4. And Leon is getting larrrrrger! n/t