Interesting that you raise the bodybuilder issue - because if you are scientific about it and find out which group "require increased quantities of fuel to transport themselves and the food they eat" the most - it is more likely to be a body builder than a fat person.
Professional bodybuilders that I have worked with in the past *need* to consume up to around 6000kcal per day *just* to maintain their muscle, remembering that muscle is metabolically active tissue whereas fat is not. They also tend to weigh anything from 100kg to 150kg - depending on how serious they are.
Now they are a small part of the population, whereas the obese are an increasingly large part, but by the same rationale that this study has come up with, their 'normalisation to the BMI' would see this group sidelined also.
May be appropriate, may not be, just pointing out that there are wider implications here...
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Interesting that you raise the bodybuilder issue - because if you are scientific about it and find out which group "require increased quantities of fuel to transport themselves and the food they eat" the most - it is more likely to be a body builder than a fat person. Professional bodybuilders that I have worked with in the past *need* to consume up to around 6000kcal per day *just* to maintain their muscle, remembering that muscle is metabolically active tissue whereas fat is not. They also tend to weigh anything from 100kg to 150kg - depending on how serious they are. Now they are a small part of the population, whereas the obese are an increasingly large part, but by the same rationale that this study has come up with, their 'normalisation to the BMI' would see this group sidelined also. May be appropriate, may not be, just pointing out that there are wider implications here...