Obesity also makes climate change!

A group of scientists in the UK has studied the relationship between obese people and the phenomenon of greenhouse gases that cause climate warming dangerously. Their initial conclusion suggests that obese people are partly responsible for making the earth's climate warmer.

In the latest issue of the scientific journal Lancet, two researchers Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts of the University of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, wrote: 'We are getting more and more fat so we have to take some responsibility. on a global scale. Obesity is part of the climate change picture '.

According to the group of scientists mentioned above, obese people eat a lot and travel by car a lot. That is the reason contributing to the current price of gasoline and food.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are 400 million adults with obesity globally. If this situation is not prevented in time, there will be no less than 2.3 billion overweight people and 700 million obese people by 2015.

The standard for determining an obese person is a body weight index (BMI) of 30 or more. BMI is the ratio of height and body weight. The BMI of an average person is 18-25. Exceeding 25 but below 30 is overweight. Over 30 are considered obese. According to the British scientists, about 40% of the world's population currently has a BMI of approximately 30. Many countries are moving very fast to this alarming rate or have passed.

Obese people use up to 1,680 calories a day to maintain normal energy. In addition, they needed an additional 1,280 calories to maintain the day's activities, which is 18% higher than those with normal BMI.

Because people can be thin and eat less and like to walk more than ride, they are less involved in pushing food and gasoline prices than those who are obese. So, according to Edwards, the world population needs to lose weight to consume less energy and food. Especially we need to consume less food by 20% of greenhouse gas emissions originating from agriculture.

Edwards said research by the British team continues to calculate how much the obese community contributes to climate change, price increases and crises. Food.

In general, Edwards and Roberts said that campaigns to encourage people to try to achieve normal BMI should be promoted. Only so, the demand for petroleum and food on a global scale is expected to decrease while pulling down fuel and food prices.