# Can You Pass the Fat Quiz? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062 "2009-02-09T14:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/1 "2009-02-09T14:51:05Z")
[http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/quizzes\_questions.asp?quizid=60](http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/quizzes_questions.asp?quizid=60) I’ve been a SparkPeople member for about a month and a half, and I thought I’d ace this quiz. Wrong! I learned quite a bit. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/2 "2009-02-09T14:54:57Z")
I am awesome, I only got one wrong! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/3 "2009-02-09T14:55:04Z")
Can I take it in my sweatpants or should I change first? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/4 "2009-02-09T15:01:12Z")
I got jelly from my donut on my keyboard while taking this test. No, really 10 of 12. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/5 "2009-02-09T15:02:58Z")
I did pretty well on the quiz. But that doesn’t mean I"m doing very well at applying the concepts to my life! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/6 "2009-02-09T15:12:08Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Can I take it in my sweatpants or should I change first? 😉 You only have to change if you take the quiz in public, you slob. 🙂 I got 11/12 right. Now if only I could put that knowledge to practical use! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/7 "2009-02-09T15:27:03Z")
Ten of twelve correct. I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/8 "2009-02-09T15:30:49Z")
The “no eating right before bed” fallacy is something I believed. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/9 "2009-02-09T15:32:18Z")
8/12, and I’m surprised I got that many. Nutrition/exercise just isn’t important to me, since I don’t seem to gain weight even if I eat more. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/10 "2009-02-09T15:39:55Z")
Missed two questions. Ate two peanut butter sandwiches while taking the test. I figure that’s a break-even. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/11 "2009-02-09T15:43:33Z")
> [@jali](#): > > The “no eating right before bed” fallacy is something I believed. Yeah, a lot of people believe that one. Some were tricky, like the first one - do you gain weight immediately after eating? Because you do, you’d gain whatever the food you ate weighed, so the answer is yes. But probably a lot of people read it as “do you gain FAT immediately after eating”, which would be no. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/12 "2009-02-09T15:51:01Z")
“No eating right before bed” isn’t entirely bad advice, though. It can contribute significantly to acid reflux, which is related to other bad things, all the way up to esophogeal cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/13 "2009-02-09T16:07:53Z")
This question: “If you overeat by quite a bit one day, what should you do to prevent weight gain?” is very strange. It seems to assume that the motivating force behind one’s choice in food is weight management, and not enjoyment and health. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/14 "2009-02-09T16:09:33Z")
I got one wrong, can’t recall which. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/15 "2009-02-09T16:19:22Z")
I took this quiz with, literally, a bag of pork rinds in my free hand. 11/12 Joe ---
**Author:** ![Sonnenstrahl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Sonnenstrahl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonnenstrahl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/16 "2009-02-09T16:25:11Z")
> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#): > > This question: > > “If you overeat by quite a bit one day, what should you do to prevent weight gain?” > > is very strange. It seems to assume that the motivating force behind one’s choice in food is weight management, and not enjoyment and health. SparkPeople is a site for people trying to lose weight. It’s kind of like a free WeightWatchers. Edit: I got 10/12. SparkPeople is responsible for me knowing even that much - see thread on ineffective “health” education in schools. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/17 "2009-02-09T16:34:35Z")
12/12. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/18 "2009-02-09T16:49:17Z")
10/12 I couldn’t remember how many calories were in a pound of fat and went 3750. It bothered me so much I forgot which other one I missed. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/19 "2009-02-09T17:14:44Z")
10/12, too. I got the one about eating before bed wrong, as well as the one about the ways to prevent your body from turning food into fat. ---
**Author:** ![masterofnone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@masterofnone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/masterofnone)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062/20 "2009-02-09T17:22:04Z")
11/12 How in the hell can protein be stored as fat? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-pass-the-fat-quiz/485062.md?page=2)