Browsing Faculty Work (AUS Sustainability) by Subject "Obesity"
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The environmental impact of obesity: longitudinal evidence from the United States
(Elsevier, 2017-08)This paper examines the relationship between obesity and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while accounting for the environmental impact of growth in transportation output and in crop and animal farming. -
Is obesity associated with global warming?
(2014-12)Obesity is a national epidemic that imposes direct medical and indirect economic costs on society. Recent scholarly inquiries contend that obesity also contributes to global warming. The paper investigates the relationship ...