Thursday, May 09, 2013

Negative feedback found?: Colder weather makes us fatter, and a fatter population emits more CO2, which warms the planet back to the original temperature?

Canada's cool climate makes weight loss more difficult for obese people: SFU study
The fatter a person is, the fewer calories they burn while at rest or doing normal activity in Canada's usually cool climate, research from Simon Fraser University suggests.
2009:  Being fat causes global warming, say scientists | Mail Online
The researchers estimated that a lean population of one billion would emit 1,000million tonnes less carbon dioxide per year than a ‘fat’ nation of the same size.

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