Does a person weigh more alive or dead?

Question

including the embalming process. Weird question I know but we have a bet on the answer

Answer 1

no it's absolutely NOT true that people lose 21 grams when they die. That's an urban legend. At the exact moment someone dies there's no change in weight. Once someone has been dead for a while I would imagine they gradually lose weight as the water from their body evaporates (people are about two thirds water).

Also, I think the term dead weight is not because dead people weigh more, but because they still weigh something but can't "pull their own weight", seeing as how they're dead.

hope this was helpful

Answer 2

They weigh more alive. See the movie 21grams. It is true, a person loses 21grams of weight when they die. Even once embalmed, they weigh less. The theory behind the movie is that it is your soul leaving your body that makes you weigh less....but I am not going to get into that. I just know they do.

"Dead weight" is a term used to describe a difficult lift. When you are alive, you have the ability to help someone lift you, with proper resistance, or by stiffening parts of your body. When someone is dead, they have no way to do that, so it is hard to lift them because it is hard to provide support to the whole body.

Answer 3

have you heard the description 'dead weight' is always use when referring to something heavy...final answer "dead weight."

Answer 4

dead