"The links between overeating and climate change are becoming clearer. A study at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine concluded that an average (sized) individual emits about a tonne less carbon dioxide a year than a fat one.
"'When it comes to food consumption, moving about in a heavy body is like driving around in a gas guzzler,' say the authors, Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts."
From the Financial Times Health magazine, May 2009.
Hmm...more reason for me to get that diet sorted! :-)
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I am sure that they don't only emit more carbon dioxide! And let's face it, methane can make quite a stink with the atmosphere too.
Mind you, I know a few skinny vegans who could vie for the title Monarch of Greenhouse Gas.
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