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Global warming: Is weight loss a solution?

dc.contributor.authorGryka-MacPhail, Annaen
dc.contributor.authorBroom, J.en
dc.contributor.authorRolland, C.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-06T10:05:12Z
dc.date.available2022-04-06T10:05:12Z
dc.date.issued2011-07-26
dc.descriptionItem previously deposited in RGU repository at: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/752en
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dc.description.abstractThe current climate change has been most likely caused by the increased greenhouse gas emissions. We have looked at the major greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), and estimated the reduction in the CO2 emissions that would occur with the theoretical global weight loss. The calculations were based on our previous weight loss study, investigating the effects of a low-carbohydrate diet on body weight, body composition and resting metabolic rate of obese volunteers with type 2 diabetes. At 6 months, we observed decreases in weight, fat mass, fat free mass and CO2 production. We estimated that a 10 kg weight loss of all obese and overweight people would result in a decrease of 49.560 Mt of CO2 per year, which would equal to 0.2% of the CO2 emitted globally in 2007. This reduction could help meet the CO2 emission reduction targets and unquestionably would be of a great benefit to the global health.en
dc.description.ispublishedpub
dc.description.statuspub
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.151en
dc.description.volume36en
dc.format.extent474-476en
dc.identifier.citationGryka-MacPhail, A., Broom, J. and Rolland, C. (2011) ‘Global warming: is weight loss a solution?’, International Journal of Obesity, 36, pp. 474-476.en
dc.identifier.issn1476-5497en
dc.identifier.issn0307-0565
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2011.151
dc.identifier.urihttps://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/11981
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Obesityen
dc.subjectGlobal Warmingen
dc.subjectCarbon Dioxideen
dc.subjectWeight Lossen
dc.titleGlobal warming: Is weight loss a solution?en
dc.typeArticleen
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dcterms.dateAccepted2011-06-24
qmu.authorGryka-MacPhail, Annaen
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rioxxterms.publicationdate2011-07-26
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen

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