# Can anyone become morbidly obese? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 31, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-become-morbidly-obese/458307 "2008-07-31T01:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-become-morbidly-obese/458307/10 "2008-07-31T10:31:30Z")
> [@](#): > > originally posted by **Mahaloth** : > Out of curiosity, how much food is that? Here is 30,000 calories, more or less: McDonald’s double quarterpounder with cheese (740) McD’s large fries (500) McD’s chocolate shake, 32 oz size (770) 1 cup whole almonds (817) Snickers bar (271) 18-oz jar of peanut butter (3,040) 11-oz bag of crunchy Cheetos (1,760) pint of Ben & Jerry’s chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream (1,080) 1 quart of whole milk (600) large can of Spam (1,020) large (6-oz) can of tuna in oil (490) 1 cup raisins (493) 10 slices of bacon (340) 1 cup sunflower seeds (841) 1 whole extra-large Pizza Hut pepperoni lover’s pizza (2,720) 1 pound of cheddar cheese (1,824) 1 dozen glazed fritters from Dunkin Donuts (3,120) Taco Bell Cheesy Bean & Rice burrito value meal (490) 10 giant Slim Jims (1,500) 1 can of refried beans (470) Starbuck frappacino, Venti (323) can of Bush’s baked beans (560) KFC chicken sandwich, original recipe (497) Philly beef n swiss sub from Arby’s (755) 10 chocolate-covered Oreo cookies (1,150) 1 cup of butter (1,628) Outback Steakhouse “chocolate thunder from Down Under” dessert (1,220) 1 cup shredded coconut (283) plate of onion rings, about 16 rings (550) 1 cup mashed bananas (200) TOTAL: 30,052 Obviously, those values are approximate and subject to error. Nonetheless, you get the general idea: even Morgan Spurlock could not prostitute himself enough to actually swallow that much food in one day. My small contribution to ignorance-fighting. 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-become-morbidly-obese/458307)._