Interestingly the NOAA data sort of says the opposite...
http://www.climatewatch.noaa.gov/image/2010/tracking-carbon-dioxide-levels-in-the-atmosphere
Posted on 03/14/2012 10:31:27 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Global warming/obesity crises unite! — New theory: CO2 making us fat By Caroline May - The Daily Caller 1:06 PM 03/14/2012 ADVERTISEMENT
A Danish researcher claims he has discovered yet another reason to combat the rise of CO2 in the atmosphere: it is making us fat.
According to the researcher, orexins, neuropeptide hormones in the brain that regulate energy, are negatively affected by CO2 — making us more tired and hungry, Science Nordic reports.
Lars-Georg Hersoug of the Research Centre for Prevention and Health at Glostrup University Hospital tracked obesity over a 22-year span. He found that both thin and obese people gained proportionally similar weight over that period.
“The normal theory is that fat people get fatter because they don’t move as much as they should,” Hersoug told Science Nordic. “But the study showed that thin people also get fatter, and this happened over the whole of the 22-year period of the study.”
According to Hersoug, there is evidence and other studies to back up his claim. For example, in America obesity rose most quickly on the east coast — where CO2 concentrations are relatively high. Further, a 2010 study of 20,000 animals in different labs with controlled diets all put on weight.
“The probability that all animals of eight different species put on weight from random causes is one in 10,000,000,” Hersoug said. “This indicates that the animals were affected by environmental factors — and you can speculate on what these environmental factors are.”
He further pointed to a 2007 study which found that blood’s acidity — the more CO2, the more acidic — negatively affects orexins.
Hersoug believes the way to combat the environmental, allegedly fattening CO2 is to exercise and and eat more fruits and vegetables.
No, Al, you get to be the exception and can keep pudging up!!
LOL!! I'm just messing with you. We both obviously recognize that the hysteria over C02 is borne of ignorance. But, let's just keep that between ourselves and NOT tell the leftists!!
The entire population in the study also got older over time. Coincidence? I think NOT!
Interestingly the NOAA data sort of says the opposite...
http://www.climatewatch.noaa.gov/image/2010/tracking-carbon-dioxide-levels-in-the-atmosphere
This must be nonsense, because I posted an even more interesting article, saying that global warming will cause us all to shrink!
Warming climate could make us all shrink
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2850813/posts
Hey wait, people are made of carbon, so if they are getting fat they are just sequestering carbon, this is a good thing right?
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