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chemgear · 07-05-2012, 08:59 AM

I think the report he's talking about is this one? I haven't looked at the numbers myself - though I believe the key is 34% of the biomass due to obesity (not 34% of all biomass).

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/439/abstract

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content...458-12-439.pdf

North America has the highest average body mass of any continent (80.7 kg). In North America one tonne of human biomass corresponds to 12 adults. More than 70% of the North American population is overweight and biomass due to obesity is 1.2 million tonnes. North America has 6% of the world’s population but 34% of world biomass due to obesity. Asia has the lowest average body mass of any continent (57.7 kg). In Asia, one tonne of human biomass corresponds to 17 adults. Asia has 61% of the world’s population but 13% of world biomass due to obesity (449 thousand tonnes).

07-05-2012, 08:59 AM	#144
chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	I think the report he's talking about is this one? I haven't looked at the numbers myself - though I believe the key is 34% of the biomass due to obesity (not 34% of all biomass). http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/439/abstract http://www.biomedcentral.com/content...458-12-439.pdf North America has the highest average body mass of any continent (80.7 kg). In North America one tonne of human biomass corresponds to 12 adults. More than 70% of the North American population is overweight and biomass due to obesity is 1.2 million tonnes. North America has 6% of the world’s population but 34% of world biomass due to obesity. Asia has the lowest average body mass of any continent (57.7 kg). In Asia, one tonne of human biomass corresponds to 17 adults. Asia has 61% of the world’s population but 13% of world biomass due to obesity (449 thousand tonnes). Last edited by chemgear; 07-05-2012 at 10:17 AM. Reason: Increasing font size of text (maybe people just skipping it)