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 ?

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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

Self report of things they ate are usually inaccurate. So called heroic acts that are self reported to loose weight should be judged accordingly. People with witness hugger strikes had issues with waste elimination resulting in blindness and other issues because of vitamin deficiency. Modified hunger strikes with vitamins and enemas and other things had fewer long term harm. The Irish hunger strikes are a good resource if you are interested in less biased information.