If it were between fat ppl and skinny, or healthy ppl and the three were all deprived of food at the same time which would last longer.. i have heard when a person has no food the body will eat all the fat in the body before one actually dies (not counting any other reason one could die during the process) dunno..
I can say with confidence that it is extremely rare to see an old fat person vs. an old thin person. Food for thought.
I see old fat people all the time...although I am not certain if they were always fat (but for that matter, when I see an old thin person, I am not certain that they were always thin, either). Do you live in America? In America fat old people are a common sight.
its not a generic do they live longer question..it has nothing to do with living to be an old person.. it is a crisis question, and lack of water wasnt in the equation..it was lack of food..
Then the life expectancy would vary depending upoon many factors including age, medical problems and where they were located when they were without food.
Interesting study: http://io9.com/5902573/new-study-shows-that-being-fat-does-not-mean-that-you-will-die-young It supports Cavalier's observation. Yes squirrel, in your hypothetical scenario the fat person would probably last longer (which is why the human body has evolved to store fat).
Before I post the odds, I need to know the circumstances. :bugeye: Are they in the arctic, the desert, in a lifeboat on the water or perhaps mountainous terrain? Is any activity required to be safe from the elements and/or predators? What is the temperament of the individuals, calm or easily distressed? Survival is about far more than body fat or the lack thereof. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
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Well a fat person probably is used to eating larger meals and more frequently so the actual size of their stomach would be relatively large. The skinny person probably is used to eating less frequently and smaller meals, so they have a much smaller stomach. The healthy person is likely to be used to eating 3 meals a day with light snacks and the portions are midrange so they would have a midsize stomach and a faster metabolism than the other two. With this in mind the fat person will feel the pangs of hunger sooner and more intensely than the other two. This person would likely be whining a lot and pissing off the other two. So the other two, once they start to feel excruciating hunger would probably kill the fat person and eat him. Since the healthy person probably did all the work of overpowering the fat one, he will justify that he deserves more of the food. The skinny one will probably fear the healthy one and comply for a little while. But as the portions allotted to him get smaller and smaller his rage will flare up and he will try to best the healthy person and fail miserably. he then will become the food for the healthy one until all vittles are gone and then the healthy one will finally succumb to wasting. Possibly resorting to eating his own flesh until dead from starvation or infection from the wounds. The majority of people I have known who were fat in old age, gradually began to wither to skin and bones in their final years do to their body's ability to absorb food deteriorating and/or lack of teeth, lack of financial resources to secure food, depression, disabilities that prevent them from getting the kitchen without help, or dementia causing them to simply forget to eat.
