Eli5 Why do our bodies behave so differently when it comes to food?

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For example as much as I eat I can barely increase my weight, while other people I know have to be super careful with what they eat to not gain too much

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Just like people have different heights, so do they have different *metsbolisms*, the rate at which the food and nutrients get used. Higher metabolism means burning through food faster, lower metabolism is the opposite, which leads to extra food being stored as fat.

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