Look, there is nothing funny about that. Many SEVERELY obese people just have metabolism problems.
I don’t think it’s funny. I think it’s terrible.
a “metabolism” problem implies that they have no control over their weight. whether hypothyroidism or cushings syndrome, none of them would be overweight if they did not eat so much.
Their metabolisms are too slow to use all the calories they keep eating, so the calories are stored as lard.
You’re right, your metabolism tends to slow down when all you do is sit around and eat. It also tends to speed up when you exercise properly and maintain a decent diet.
Funny how that works.
While that me be an interesting theory, there does not seem to be much evidence to back up that claim.
If that theory were true, there would be an equal distribution of obese people throughout the world and in every region of the United States. However, that is not the case, the U.S. has an Obesity Rate of 30.6% while South Korea has an Obesity Rate of 3.2%.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity
So why is it that humans that happen to live in the USA have such a higher rate of these so called metabolism problems?