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Originally Posted by Joeschmoe 
I don't think i ever said that the obesity problem has nothing to do with over consuming calories. In fact it has everything to do with it. But why are people over consuming? A person who is 40 years old and is 100 pounds overweight has eaten only 25 extra calories per day on average. What makes someone do this? Why do we store fat?
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I was just wondering where you got this number from? I used a BMR counter to see what an inactive 40 year old 170 lb man burns in a day vs a 270 lb man
BMR Calculator
170 lbs: 1742.1 Calories/day
270 lbs: 1970.5 Calories/day
which means that the 270 lb man eats 228.4 calories per day more than the 170 pound man, just to maintain their respective weights. This is a little simplistic, but if their activity levels are similar, the 270 pound man will burn more energy anyways, because he is moving that extra weight, so it's likely that he is eating MORE than 228.4 extra calories per day. Just thought I'd investigate in case anyone reading this actually starts thinking that 25 calories/day (the equivalent of one Hershey's kiss per day) would make someone gain 100lbs over the long term.