The Whole World Is Going To Shit and It's All My Fault!

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"Obese people are contributing to the world food crisis and climate change, experts say....

They are also responsible for using more fuel, which has an environmental impact and drives up food prices as transport and agriculture both use oil....

The team found that obese people require 1,680 daily calories to sustain normal energy and another 1,280 to maintain daily activities - a fifth more than normal.

The higher consumption of food has a two-fold effect, researchers said.

First of all the increasing demand for food, drives up production.

This means that agricultural processes are using more oil to meet demand, which contributes to the rising cost of fuel.

The cost of fuel is then passed on in the cost of food, making it more difficult for poorer areas to afford it....

What is more, the researchers said obese people are likely to rely on transport more and put more strain on that transport because of their mass, which again drives up prices and usage...."

Thankfully, there is a voice of reason, Dr David Haslam, of the National Obesity Forum, "Really, it is discriminatory towards obese people. They are an easy target at the moment, but I think the causes of climate change and rising food prices is much more complex."