If a regular weight person and an obese person were left on a desert island with no food, would the obese person live a lot longer bc they have stored up energy as fat? Or does it not work like that?

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If a regular weight person and an obese person were left on a desert island with no food, would the obese person live a lot longer bc they have stored up energy as fat? Or does it not work like that?

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Answer 1

Basically yes, the ability to store fat as a food reserve is a huge evolutionary advantage for exactly this scenario. Assuming similar levels of activity the fat person will outlive the skinny one and then eat him to live even longer.