While it's often reported that climate change is affecting the health of our planet, a new report charting the effects of climate change across the Asia Pacific region has found it is also having an effect on the health of the population.
The study from Global Health Alliance Australia (GHAA) outlined a series of areas where the health of the region's population was being affected by changes to the climate, including reduced IQs in the children of people who have survived natural disasters, malnutrition due to declining crops and death from heatwaves.
The report, published last week, also pointed to increased rates of obesity as a potential unexpected consequence of climate change, with rising temperatures leading to reduced rates of physical activity.
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People living in rural Australia are particularly susceptible to increased rates of mental illness due to the effects of climate change. Source: AAP
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