date:Sep 12, 2012
n the risk of chronic diseases, like type 2 diabetes, bowel cancer and heart disease, the researchers found. And it would also reduce GHG emissions by about 0.45 tonnes per person each year, the equivalent of about 28 million tonnes of CO₂ and 3% of the UKs total GHG emissions.
The Cambridge University researchers modelled the reduction in disease risk on recent meta-analyses, which have suggested significant increases in risk of coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer w