if mpt eatomg ,makes you fat, then why are the people in starving countries so skinny?

Question

everyone says that if you don't eat you just get fat, but then people in poor starving countries like iraq, the don't eat and they are so skinny that there ribs show! why is it lke this?

Answer 1

The body sees when you arent eating and tries to save fat. In some countries people just cant eat enough because they dont have the food. They expend any fat that they do eat too, through all forms of metabolism even eating and sleeping.

Answer 2

Yes, there's a huge difference between people skipping meals as part of a diet, and people who have nothing to eat for weeks.

Last I checked, Iraq wasn't starving. Afghanistan and many countries in Africa, sure...

Answer 3

I think what people said was that if you can't afford nourishing food to eat you fill up on fattening junk like donuts and pasta. That is what makes some poor people fat. People who are starving in Africa don't have that choice - they have nothing to eat.