Enviro Wackos Go After “Fat People”
By 186 on May 15, 2008
Fat is an environmental issue - earth - 16 May 2008 - New Scientist Environment
Obese people consume 18% more food energy than lean people, researchers have calculated.“It’s just due to being fatter,” says Phil Edwards of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Edwards and his colleague Phil Roberts say that the way to reduce calorie demands is simple – more exercise.
The researchers calculated the hypothetical difference in food consumption between 1 billion obese and 1 billion lean people.
There were two main components: how much food people need to eat simply to keep their bodies ticking over, even if they don’t do any exercise; and how much people consume in typical activities of daily living.
I wondered if the Enviro-Wackos who are now targeting “Fat People” factored in the amount of fossil fuel burned in order to supply the energy to run their treadmills?
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