The obesity epidemic and global warming are linked through energy use. A personal carbon trading scheme aimed at reducing fossil fuel usage could act as a "stealth intervention" for reducing obesity by increasing personal energy use. Such a scheme would complement a corporate "cap and trade" system for carbon emissions, which should increase the relative price of processed, energy-dense foods. The scheme would work by reducing global carbon emissions to a sustainable level (contraction), while offering potential for trade of emission rights between frugal and profligate users of non-renewable energy (convergence). A key goal would be changed attitudes to conspicuous (and obesogenic) consumption. Adoption of the scheme would make healthy choices the easy choice.
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Univ Western Australia, Dept Womens & Infants Hlth, King Edward Mem Hosp, Perth, WA 6009, AustraliaUniv Western Australia, Dept Womens & Infants Hlth, King Edward Mem Hosp, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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Univ Western Australia, Sch Womens & Infants Hlth, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
King Edward Mem Hosp, Perth, WA, AustraliaUniv Western Australia, Sch Womens & Infants Hlth, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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Xiamen Univ, China Inst Studies Energy Policy, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Energy Econ & Energy Policy, Sch Management, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, Peoples R ChinaXiamen Univ, China Inst Studies Energy Policy, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Energy Econ & Energy Policy, Sch Management, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, Peoples R China
Lin, Boqiang
Huang, Chenchen
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Xiamen Univ, China Inst Studies Energy Policy, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Energy Econ & Energy Policy, Sch Management, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, Peoples R ChinaXiamen Univ, China Inst Studies Energy Policy, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Energy Econ & Energy Policy, Sch Management, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, Peoples R China