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some people look heavy but they are not and some skinny people weigh beyond imagination or belief. why?

2007-08-30 19:13:48 · 4 answers · asked by radek 1 in Cars & Transportation Rail

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Because weight (mass) is determined by the gravity of the planet or other celestial body you are on, or whether the body is subjected to acceleration or deceleration, or "G" forces.

Actual weight as you describe does not come from anything inside the body.

Of course in space, all is weightless in the absence of a planet's or moon's gravity.

How strong is the gravity on your planet?

2007-08-30 20:06:34 · answer #1 · answered by Samurai Hoghead 7 · 0 1

Well, there's Metabolism involved. Also, the ammount of food you eat. And muscle tone, which is denser than fat. I know a very short man ( 5" even ) Who weighs 180 pounds of pure muscle, yet his BMI says that he's overwieght, and he is not! It depends on how much you workout and how you are genetically inclined towards heaviness or lightness...

2007-09-01 15:49:13 · answer #2 · answered by maclover451 2 · 0 0

The value of g where you are (it decreases as you go higher)

The speed you are travelling, M=m/(sqrt(1-[v^2/c^2]))

Both are insignificant in everyday terms, the first only really matters in space and the second only when v approaches c.

otherwise its metabolism, how quickly the body burns food for energy

2007-08-31 00:57:59 · answer #3 · answered by SS4 7 · 0 1

Muscle mass. Muscle is heavier then fat. So a relatively thin muscular person will weigh more then a relatively thin non-muscular person.

2007-08-31 01:27:25 · answer #4 · answered by tamarack58 5 · 2 0

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