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Re:Scientist busts myths about how humans burn calories by hombre_fatal on Thursday February 17, 2022 @11:48PM (#30382239)
Weigh yourself with a digestive tract full of food and water, then weigh yourself after fasting for a day. At 200lbs I can swing the scale 15lbs/6+kg. Fat people can probably swing some serious numbers.
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Re:Scientist busts myths about how humans burn calories by esyir on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:54AM (#30382549)
Seems like a pretty unusual swing though. Gorging then fasting is certainly not typical behavior.

I can see this happening given such behavior, as well as in the "heavier" portion of the population. definitely not a common occurrence across the population though.

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