Why Calories Do Not Count – Part I

You all know who Yao Ming is.  Yao is HUGE – 7’6” and 310lbs.  To get that big Yao definitely had to overeat, overeat and overeat some more.

Here is the important question:  Did he grow that much because he overate, or did he overeat because he was growing that much? (this is NOT semantics)

Ask any obesity researcher, “could you become Yao’s size if you just ate as much as he did?”

They will answer, “No, it was the growth hormone in his body that made him grow that big.”

Ask that same obesity researcher what happened to this 300 pound man:

And you will get a very different response, “he eats too much and exercises too little and he kept it up for a very long time.”

Yao is 310 pounds and he DEFINITELY overate.

The chubby umpire is 300+ pounds and he definitely overate.

But we blame Yao’s overeating on his growth hormone, and the chubby umpire’s overeating on his willpower – in other words he has a character defect that made him grow.

Let’ sum this up:

•    Vertical growth is under the control of hormones (growth hormone)
•    Horizontal growth (fat cells) grow as a result of a character defect (you have no will power, and you eat too much and move too little)

Does that make any sense?

Does that sound like I am contradicting my previous post “Do Fat People Really Eat More?”.  Stay tuned and I will explain.

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