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Whats next? What else shall we be blamed for?THE rising number of fat people has been blamed for global warming.
Planet killers? ... "moving about in a heavy body is like driving in a gas guzzler," Dr Phil Edwards says / Reuters
Scientists warned that the increase in big-eaters means more food production - a major cause of CO2 gas emissions warming the planet, according to a report in The Sun.
Each fat person is said to be responsible for emitting a tonne more of climate-warming carbon dioxide per year than a thin one.
It means an extra billion tonnes of CO2 a year is created, according to World Health Organisation estimates of overweight people.
Dr Phil Edwards, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: “Moving about in a heavy body is like driving in a gas guzzler.”
The environmental impact of fat humans is made even worse because they are more likely to travel by car - another major cause of carbon emissions.
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine say wealthy nations like the US and Britain are getting fatter by the decade.
“Food production accounts for about one fifth of greenhouse gases,” Dr Edwards said.
“We need to do a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness. It is a key factor in the battle to reduce carbon emissions and slow climate change.
“This is about over-consumption by the wealthy countries. And the world demand for meat is increasing to match that of Britain and America.
The study by Dr Edwards and colleague Ian Roberts is published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
Dr Edwards went on: “We are not just pointing the finger at fat people. All populations are getting fatter and it has an impact on the environment."
A staggering 40 per cent of Americans are obese, among 300 million worldwide.
Australian Professor Paul Zimmet predicted a disastrous obesity pandemic back in 2006.
Predictions for Australia are even more alarming than America, with 60 per cent of Australia's population expected to be obese by 2019.
Oxfam warned yesterday that the number of people hit by climate-related disasters will soar by more than half in the next six years to 375 million.
The impact of more storms, floods and droughts could overwhelm aid organisations.
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