Statistics

Submitted by kate on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 16:47.
A 40% obese population requires 19% more food energy, resulting in an extra 0.4-1.0 Giga tonnes of CO2 emissions per year (for a population of 1 billion).
Edwards, P., and I. Roberts, 2009
Population adiposity and climate change, International Journal of Epidemiology