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The energy cost of overweight in the United States.

Author(s) -

Barry Han,

T. G. Lohman

Publication year - 1978

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.68.8.765

Subject(s) - dieting , overweight , calorie , environmental health , population , medicine , body weight , gerontology , demography , agricultural economics , weight loss , obesity , economics , sociology , endocrinology

We have calculated the total fossil energy equivalent of the food calories saved by reducing the present degree of overweight (2.3 billion pounds for the adult United States population) to optimum body weight and the annual fossil energy reduction once all Americans reached their optimum weight. The energy saved by dieting to reach optimal weight is equivalent to 1.3 billion gallons of gasoline and the annual energy savings would more than supply the annual residential electrical demands of Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.

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