Comments on: Yes, I Like Gina Kolata

By: Jesus Christ, the stupidity astounds me! « The Long and Winding Road

Jesus Christ, the stupidity astounds me! « The Long and Winding Road — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:17:24 +0000

[...] Not to mention the fact that nobody knows how to make a naturally thin person fat anymore than they know how to make a naturally …. [...]

By: Project WiTHIN » Blog Archive » Ridiculous!

Project WiTHIN » Blog Archive » Ridiculous! — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:21:16 +0000

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By: Please welcome Tara, the new douchehound of the day!!!! « The Long and Winding Road

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:59:58 +0000

[...] yeah. It’s just that simple. [...]

By: Wanda Gag

Wanda Gag — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:04:36 +0000

There is no mystery here, but i don’t think the results imply anything other than the fact that our bodies become more efficient and burn less calories the more we subject them to extreme dieting. These people’s bodies simply became more efficient. They weren’t starving, they no longer needed what average people needed and their bodies were even better at converting calories!

By: Don’t you know being Fat is unhealthy? « Wanderings and Wonderings

Don’t you know being Fat is unhealthy? « Wanderings and Wonderings — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:06:39 +0000

[...] we should all go out and get fat for our health (which we wouldn’t be able to do anyway, because no one knows how to make a naturally thin person fat any more than they know how to make a naturally fat person thin; see point 4), but I’m definitely [...]

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:50:28 +0000

I’m really not sure where you got the idea that “fat cell size” has anything to do with it. You’re right, it’s a study on the physical and psychological effects of famine — brought on by what would generally be considered typical dieting. Notice the bolded part: “It is entirely possible that weight reduction, instead of resulting in a normal state for obese patients, results in an abnormal state resembling that of starved nonobese individuals.”

I’d be interested to read the full study.

Isn’t it great that you’re allowed to, then?

By: L.

L. — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:18:31 +0000

The first study sounds pretty bizarre to me — it seems more like a study on the physical and psychological effects of famine than a study on genetics and fat cell size. Did they try the same liquid 600 calorie a day diet/after-diet maintenance period on a group of naturally “thin” people? I’d imagine their bodies would respond similarly, regardless of their fat cell sizes. I’d imagine that dropping to 600 calories a day would be a shock to most of us, back in 1959 and present day. …here in the U.S., anyway.

I’d be interested to read the full study.

By: Elle

Elle — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:11:50 +0000

That’s true about the weight gain stuff. Every winter I eat a whole mess of junk food to try and get an extra layer against the freezing cold temperatures (I think, unless I’m mistaken, that I live in the region closest in the world to Antarctica) but I always stay the same weight. All it does is make me feel kind of crappy.

By: Dear Abby: Your prejudice is showing » The-F-Word.org

Dear Abby: Your prejudice is showing » The-F-Word.org — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:12:16 +0000

[...] exercising regularly is already a fact of life and their body weight and shape is something that no amount of dieting and working out can permanently reduce or [...]

By: Fat Is Contagious!

Fat Is Contagious! — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:50:25 +0000

[...] they think that’s eating too much and not exercising enough. Problem is, as we’ve discussed before, it’s just as hard (i.e., near impossible) to make naturally thin people permanently fat as it [...]