“Go to any retirement home, you will see NO obese folks in their 80s and 90s.”
Of course not. Most are there because they have Alzheimer’s, dementia, or a stroke.
So they can’t feed themselves, usually have no appetite, and are often on a stomach tube.
Has nothing to do with the truth or falsehood of this study.
Many of my relatives who lived well into their 80’s, 90’s (and one into his 100’s) were very thin when they got older (they were slightly heavy when younger... not fat just a little heavy). As we get older, our taste buds die. If a person can’t truly “taste” their food then they eat less. Plus, many nursing homes have people who can’t feed themselves just like you said. A few Ensures a day doesn’t really keep weight on a person.
I said retirement home, not nursing home. Retirement homes don’t take invalids like you listed.
Also, elderly people, even if they were obese their entire lives seem to lose weight when they hit their later years. My grandfather had been overweight his entire life although he was a hard worker, when he retired he kept eating like he always had, but was not longer getting excercise. He jumped up over 300lbs and stayed there until he hit his late 70's. Within the span of a year he dropped in weight, to the lowest he had been since he was a teenager, around 170lbs. He wasn't dieting or even paying attention to his weight, he just didn't seem to have the appetite he use to. He went on to live to 87, but stayed thin the rest of his life.