Telegraph: The first study to calculate the impact on the environment of growing waistlines has estimated that the adult human population weighs in at 287million tons, 15million of which is due to the overweight and 3.5million due to obesity. Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found most of the extra weight was concentrated in the richest part of the world, with the US heaviest and Britain coming in at 18th, despite its small population. The study said that over--consumption...
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