# How do people get so fat?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-get-so-fat/513763
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [October 14, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-get-so-fat/513763 "2009-10-14T08:22:14Z")
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### Author: ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-get-so-fat/513763/290 "2009-10-19T17:50:57Z")

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> [@Fell\_through\_the\_Ice](#):
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> Why the snark? The OP asked how people get so fat. A (self-described) fat person described some of the foods she makes, one of which is a “big potful” (her words) of this very fattening pork and beans dish.
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> Eating stuff like this is an example of “how people get so fat”.
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> Seems like a pretty straightforward question and answer to me.

300-400 calories of complex carbohydrates, protein, and fiber, with another 50-150 calories of protein/fat (closer to 50 if anything like the ham hocks I buy) is a good meal. She said she COOKS a potful of beans, not that she eats the whole pot in one meal. Have you never cooked a batch of something to last the week? Do you bake one slice of bread at a time? Have you ever tried to cook 1 serving of beans? You cook it by the pot. To have taken what she wrote, and twisted it into something so completely off, comes across as grasping at straws.

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