If You're Poor in America, You Can Be Both Overweight and Hungry

Re:If You're Poor in America, You Can Be Both Overweight and... by 0x8BADF00D on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:42PM (#20461380)

Pretty spot on analysis. Unfortunately, if your body has been in a state of caloric deficit for a long period of time, as soon as you eat slightly above your basal metabolic rate, your body will start to store the excess as fat.

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Re:If You're Poor in America, You Can Be Both Overweight and... by copperx on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:56PM (#20461533)

I've seen this repeated as dogma. Is this based on empirical science, or just a hunch?

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Re:If You're Poor in America, You Can Be Both Overweight and... by radar on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:12PM (#20461717)

Check out the research on the life of a fat cell. Basically, fat cells live for years upon years; they shrink when they don't need to hold anything, but are always ready to take on new fat as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

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Re:If You're Poor in America, You Can Be Both Overweight and... by axaxs on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:05PM (#20461627)

This is often repeated, but never proven as true.

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