If fat is stores of energy, then why aren’t fat people more energetic than skinny people?

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If fat is stores of energy, then why aren’t fat people more energetic than skinny people?

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So this is a broad generalization as there are people with stores of belly fat who are energetic and active and also individuals who lack those same fat stores and are lethargic.

Nevertheless, I’m going to take a shot at this question. People with large stores of fat get those fat stores mostly by not being active. You’re looking at the process backwards.

They don’t have the fat in order to be more active later; they got fat by not being active now.