AUDIO: What is the weight of the human race?

Monday, June 18, 2012 - 04:30 in Health & Medicine

Scientists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine say that increasing obesity could have the same impact on global resources as an extra billion people living on the planet. Professor Ian Roberts, who led the research, explains how they calculated the findings.

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