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

A group of [IRA fighters imprisoned](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Sands) by British forces went on a hunger strike and died, it was found that they died when their body fat reached zero.