eli5: If a morbidly obese person stopped eating entirely, would they be thin by the time they starved to death?

Question

eli5: If a morbidly obese person stopped eating entirely, would they be thin by the time they starved to death?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Those type of crash diets would kill the person well before they starved to death, you want to cut the calorie intake, but not cut it out completely.