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Re:More than half of humans on track to be overweight or obe... by sjellen on Thursday March 02, 2023 @12:39PM (#34998972)
Seems to be a lot of different things that are on the 2035 timeline. It's almost as if ...
Re:More than half of humans on track to be overweight or obe... by TheCoelacanth on Thursday March 02, 2023 @04:32PM (#35002386)
It's almost as if journalists like numbers ending in 0 or 5.
Re:More than half of humans on track to be overweight or obe... by randyrand on Thursday March 02, 2023 @01:50PM (#35000011)
Any napkin math for how much CO2/year can be attributed to obesity?

increased respiration, increased farming, etc.

edit: “ 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” - WebMD

“Fat shaming” could be renamed to “global warming shaming” at this point, and it is only getting worse, especially methane.

Re:More than half of humans on track to be overweight or obe... by Ancalagon on Thursday March 02, 2023 @03:06PM (#35001208)
In a more morbid vein: any napkin math for how much CO2 is saved by the reduced life-expectancies of those afflicted by obesity?
Re:More than half of humans on track to be overweight or obe... by randyrand on Thursday March 02, 2023 @03:12PM (#35001292)
That should already be accounted for if they did the calculations right.