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Re:Why do people put on differing amounts of weight? by undersuit on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @01:55PM (#10975128)
I did not watch this show so I have are some questions.

  1. Was the skinny individual monitored the entire time? He could have regurgitated his food. 

  2. Was the skinny person's poop analyzed for complete digestion of the 4000 calories?
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Re:Why do people put on differing amounts of weight? by nommm-nommm on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @02:11PM (#10975232)
No, its not some sort of science experiment, its mindless entertainment. 4000 calories was a wild gestimation of something I saw probably 5 years ago.

The premise of the show is they bring in two people - one superfat and one superskinny. They weight them and each person tells what a typical day's food intake is for them. Then they switch diets for a couple weeks and are weighed again at the end.

Yes, its possible he lied about eating all that chocolate. Yes, he could be throwing up every day. This isn't a controlled experiment, its a TV show. It seems odd someone would do that though.

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