Do fat people last longer in starvation? The surprising science of human survival
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In a well-documented 1965 case, a medically supervised obese man fasted for 382 days, living on his own stored energy. This extraordinary event highlights a core physiological truth: the body's primary defense against food deprivation is its fat reserves. When considering if **Do fat people last longer in starvation?**, the short answer is yes, though with many important medical and physiological caveats.
