# 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: ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-get-so-fat/513763/298 "2009-10-19T19:57:27Z")

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> [@Dripping](#):
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> If you are trying to lose weight, why are you eating “big pots” full of beans cooked in pig fat?

> [@Fell\_through\_the\_Ice](#):
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> And **I** never said she eats the whole potful in one sitting…SHE said she does that.

[Moderating]

As far as I can see, **Stoid** has stated she eats a “small cup” of beans at a time, not a whole pot. (If I have missed something, please point me to the exact quote you are referring too.) I don’t see that deliberately mischaracterizing another poster’s statements as being particularly helpful, especially on a subject as potentially inflammatory as this one. Let’s refrain from distorting what other posters have said.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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