What about being overweight causes the sweat glands to over produce?
Edit- thank you for the answers! Another question- what causes people to sweat more or less genetics wise? Like people who have hyperhidrosis so their weight isn’t really as relevant (thin people with hyperhidrosis still sweat excessively). So, what causes the overproduction in this case?
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we know the formula f=ma where f is force and m is mass and a is accelartion so if your weight is more there will be force so your body will work extra hard .this is assuming the accelation of and overweight person and fot person is the same
Fat insulates the body from radiating heat, body dumps more water out to try and improve the heat transfer.
Same thing as wearing a t-shirt vs a down jacket in summer.
Do the same exercise with and without wearing a sweater.
You’ll find you’ll sweat more while wearing the sweater because the sweater is keeping you warmer.
An overweight person is “wearing” extra layers in the form of fat. They need to sweat more to cool down faster because of the extra insulation.
Nothing.
Where did you get the idea that being overweight causes the sweat glands to over produce? I am Labeled as Obese, and I don’t sweat anymore than my rail thin neighbor.
I think this is just a negative stereo type that you may accidentally be propagating.
Think about all animals, including people, as spheres, where heat is generated by the volume inside and is managed by escaping out the surface area. As a sphere gets larger, its surface area goes up by the square of the radius (4*pi*r^2), but volume goes up by the cube of the radius (4/3*pi*r^2). So, an elephant has a much larger volume to surface area ratio than a mouse and will radiate heat much more slowly. If you undergo significant transformation in your weight, all else being equal, you will experience more thermal management with perspiration when heavier, less when lighter, to aid the relatively reduced surface area.
Not because of anything specifically due to the sweat glands. Multiple other reasons conspiring to result in sweatiness, especially:
– as body mass goes up, surface area of the skin increases at a much lesser rate, so the relative cooling ability decreases.
– as body mass goes up, so does the effort required for the same activity, thus more heat generated
– body fat is insulating, which further reduces cooling ability.
It’s called Thermoregulatory Fear of Harm Mood Disorder.
You might have a thermoregulatory disorder since birth that causes your body to overheat easily some medications and body cooling routines can really help. You don’t have to just tolerate this condition it’s treatable.
When I lost weight, I became way more cold-natured. I hate the A/C now. Living with college roommates can be hell bc over half if them prefer it below 60 just bc “it’s summer”.
To answer your question, burning fat (not necessarily tied to a specific amount of weight loss) will mean you’ll sweat less in the same circumstances as before. Unless you have hot flashes or something like that (not female so it’s just about % of fat for me)
A few reasons.
1) the main one. Ratio of surface area to volume. You are mostly water, so think of yourself as a water bag with some stuff floating around. You generate heat internally. Because outside is typically less than 98 degrees F, you lose heat all the time. Your volume contains lots of cells that generate heat, and they do it in overdrive when you exercise. As you get bigger, you need more cooling because of this ratio change.
2) fat insulates you.
3) you consume a lot more energy moving a heavier object around. So a fat person burns more calories walking at the same pace as a skinny person.
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