Which is it?! Obesity causes ‘global warming’ — BUT ‘Global warming’ also causes starvation! – Problem solved?!
WebMD: Obesity Epidemic May Contribute to Climate Change - 2019
But wait, climate change will cause starvation -- potentially solving the obesity problem!
Here we go again. The latest round of climate change scare studies once again claims that “obesity” causes “global warming.” But previous studies have claimed that “global warming” will cause starvation. Perhaps the obesity causing climate change concerns will be solved by global warming causing starvation.
The latest round of contradictory climate claims resurfaced again this week.
WebMD: Obesity Epidemic May Contribute to Climate Change – 2019
Dec. 20, 2019 — Rising obesity rates worldwide may be contributing to the climate crisis, researchers report…Obese people produce more carbon dioxide than those of normal weight, the researchers said. Also, obese people consume greater quantities of food and beverages that need to be produced and transported to them, and transportation of obese people requires more consumption of fossil fuels. This means higher carbon dioxide emissions related to food production and transportation for obese people, the study authors explained. The researchers estimated that obesity contributes to an extra 700 megatons of carbon dioxide emissions per year worldwide, or about 1.6% of all human-caused emissions. Overall, being obese is associated with about 20% more greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) than being a normal weight, according to the study published online Dec. 20 in the journal Obesity.
UK Times: Obesity is bad for climate change, study shows – 2019
UK Times: Research shows obese people are each responsible for more than a tonne of extra CO2 emissions a year. If you can’t stay slim for yourself, maybe you should lose weight for the planet. A new study has calculated that obese people are each responsible for more than a tonne of extra carbon dioxide emissions a year, roughly equivalent to going on a transatlantic flight. The research, published in the journal Obesity, finds that in total the extra food consumed by the world’s 600 million obese people has a carbon footprint on a par with that of the UK. Their increased metabolism also means that every year they breathe out extra CO2 equivalent to Sweden’s annual output.
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But the same global warming causes just about everything industry also claims that “global warming” will cause starvation. See below:
2013: UK Guardian: ‘Millions face starvation as world warms, say scientists’ — UN urges: ‘We must act quickly’ – ‘America’s agricultural economy is set to undergo dramatic changes over the next three decades, as warmer temperatures devastate crops, according to a US government report. The draft US National Climate Assessment report predicts that a gradually warming climate and unpredictable severe weather’
2018: UN Warns Climate Change Is Driving Global Hunger – Climate Change is among the leading causes of rising global hunger according to a new report released by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) this week. Pointing to extreme weather events, land degradation and desertification, water scarcity and rising sea levels, the authors show how climate change already undermines global efforts to eradicate hunger. Overall, the number of hungry people grew for the third year in row in 2017, reaching a total of 821 million worldwide. The paper warns that this number will continue to rise if countries fail to tackle climate change and to build resilience to its unavoidable impacts.
Monbiot: CO2 may cause the weather to get “stuck”, resulting in starvation
Nation Mag: Climate Change Is Here—and It Looks Like Starvation – 2019
UK greenie George Monbiot 2002 warned we only had 10 years! ‘Famine can only be avoided if the rich give up meat, fish and dairy’ — Now only 7 Months Left Until Starvation Sets In! – Monbiot on December 24, 2002: ‘Within as little as 10 years, the world will be faced with a choice: arable farming either continues to feed
2019: WEATHER CHANNEL hypes study claiming ‘climate change’ causes both starvation & obesity! ‘Exploring the Intricate Link between Climate Change and Obesity’ – “Climate change will increase under-nutrition through increased food insecurity from extreme weather events, droughts, and shifts in agriculture. Climate change also affects the prices of basic food commodities, especially fruits and vegetables, potentially increasing consumption of processed foods.” “Under-nutrition in early life increases the risk of adult obesity.”
2017: Obesity, climate change and hunger must be fought as one, health experts declare – Maybe the steps needed to reverse a pandemic of unhealthy weight gain are the same as those needed to solve two other crises of human health: malnutrition and climate change.
“Global warming” may also cause you to exercise more, which should help battle obesity.
Science says so: Global warming will make you exercise more in 2099!
Journal Nature study: “We combine our historical estimates with output from 21 climate models and project the possible physical activity effects of future climatic changes by 2050 and 2099. Our projection indicates that warming over the course of this century may increase net recreational physical activity in the United States. Activity may increase most during the winter in northern states and decline most during the summer in southern states.” “Here we conduct an empirical investigation of the relationship between meteorological conditions, physical activity and future climate change.”
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