OK I'm not trying to mean or anything, I'm just curious. I mean, when someone gets hungry, it's their body demanding energy (calories). So if fat people already have a lot of stored energy, why doesn't the body use that energy instead of demanding new energy?
2006-11-15 03:33:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
I'd say because humans aren't camels...we don't store food that we can easily use for energy later. Also, their stomachs are bigger, and probably there are a lot of psychological issues: they get hungry when somehing goes wrong or right...whatever it is that makes them want to eat so much. And then some fat people just have bodies that won't process food correctly, no matter how much they eat. Some probably eat junk food...Lots of reasons, I'm sure.
2006-11-15 03:38:33 · answer #1 · answered by fatjunkcat 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
if you have ever tried fasting you'll notice that your body can shed something like a stone in 10 days of not eating. So from a survival point of view the fatter the better: a person that is grossly overweight will outlast a person who is a normal weight in a starvation situation. As it is much harder for your body to break down existing stores (and requires precious energy to boot!) your body will try everything to make you eat first if at all possible. If you have nothing to eat you'll probably die after about 2 months tops but being extremely obese only cuts your life expectancy by a few decades. This is how our bodies have operated for centuries when food shortages were a normal part of life. It is after all only in the last 50 to 100 years that food has always been available in the west - so evolution is a bit slow to catch up.
2006-11-15 03:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by connie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question. The answer is that our fat is stored for extreme situations. Like starvation, or extreme thirst. Those stores arent used unless out of absolute necessity. Like dieting. The fewer calories you eat, and expell, the more your body would burn up. Hope this helps.
2006-11-15 03:36:08 · answer #3 · answered by Angel Eve 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason that thin people get hungry.......their stomach is empty and their brain tells them that they are hungry.
2006-11-15 03:56:52 · answer #4 · answered by Maggie67 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
angel eve, you look hungry!!
people get hungry when their stomach is empty. it has nothing to do with body fat
2006-11-15 03:42:00 · answer #5 · answered by Ovrtaxed 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You feel genuine hunger when your stomach is empty. That's where that "rumbling" feeling comes from. We need something to hold our stomachs over at all times, whether it's water or such.
2006-11-15 03:52:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
of course they get hungry
2006-11-15 03:41:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋