Being overweight is bad for the environment as well as your health, according to a study released today.
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that overweight people were likely to be more responsible for carbon emissions than slim people because they consume more food and fuel.
The study blamed an increased demand for livestock production for meat, believed to be responsible for 20 per cent of all greenhouse gases due to the toxic methane emitted by cows.
They added that a higher dependency on cars was also a contributing factor.
You just couldn't make it up could you but the serious point is that how much did this 'study' cost and to stigmatise obese people for causing what is a total scam is criminal
Is it also because the more obese you are the more likely you are to release gasses in the air (methane is a greenhosue gas)?
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