If a regular-weight person and an obese person were without access to food, would the obese person potentially survive longer due to their stored fat reserves, or is it not that straightforward?

Question

If a regular-weight person and an obese person were without access to food, would the obese person potentially survive longer due to their stored fat reserves, or is it not that straightforward?

In: Biology

Answer 1

There’s a very well documented case of a very obese man who didn’t eat anything for an entire year – he lived off his stored fat.

So yes, the obese person would last much longer.