if a morbidly obese person suddenly stopped eating anything, and only drank water, would all the fat get burnt before this person eventually dies from starvation ? How much longer could that person theoretically survive as compared to an average one ?

Question

Currently on a diet. I have no idea how this weird question even got into my mind, but here we go.

In: Biology

Answer 1

Your body fat isn’t sufficient to sustain life. There are a variety of essential vitamins and minerals that your body needs to live and fat doesn’t contain them. An obese person would die in about the same amount of time as anyone else without the other essentials.