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Are CO2 emissions contributing to obesity ?
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T.K. RandallMarch 17, 2012 ·
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A controversial new theory by Danish researchers has linked carbon dioxide levels with obesity.
The team studied statistics over two decades and concluded that the rise in obesity in Denmark is roughly equivalent to the rise in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. "The normal theory is that fat people get fatter because they don't move as much as they should," said researcher Lars-Georg Hersoug. "But the study showed that thin people also get fatter, and this happened over the whole of the 22-year period of the study."
Hersoug also suggests as evidence that obesity increases in the U. S. happened fastest in the period 1986-2010 on the East Coast, which is where CO2 concentrations are highest. He also cites a 2010 study of 20,000 laboratory animals who all gained weight, despite being in controlled conditions.
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Daily Mail |
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