To continue my previous post on the impact of obesity, definitive studies have been published illustrating the significant carbon footprint obese individuals contribute… “The population with 40 percent obese people requires 19 percent more food energy for its total energy expenditure than the population with 3.5 percent obese people, the study showed. This 19 percent increase in food consumption translates into an increase of 270 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, the study said.”

To continue my previous post on the impact of obesity, definitive studies have been published illustrating the significant carbon footprint obese individuals contribute…

“The population with 40 percent obese people requires 19 percent more food energy for its total energy expenditure than the population with 3.5 percent obese people, the study showed.

This 19 percent increase in food consumption translates into an increase of 270 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, the study said.”