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

The winner of the first Survivor in the US was over weight at the start and dropped a huge amount of weight (as did everyone else). By the end he was the only one thinking clearly and his extra weight was considered helpful. Afterwards he went to jail for tax evasion so he wasn’t thinking that clearly lol