Yup, Julie - doctors don't know why, but in morbidly obese patients, they gain weight very, very fast after a certain point. It may take the person 20 years to go from normal weight to very obese, but it will take just a few years or so to double that weight. So the weight gain chart is not linear - they gain weight faster and faster as they grow fatter and fatter.
It's also very possible to be fat and starving at the same time. What I mean here is that their bodies are nutritionally deficient: many morbidly fat people actually lack essential nutrients because they eat only junk food.
While it's true that most morbidly obese people don't die of starvation, it is only because other health problems such as congestive heart failure, kill them first.
It's also very possible to be fat and starving at the same time. What I mean here is that their bodies are nutritionally deficient: many morbidly fat people actually lack essential nutrients because they eat only junk food.
While it's true that most morbidly obese people don't die of starvation, it is only because other health problems such as congestive heart failure, kill them first.