# How long for Calories ==\> Fat

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 31, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-for-calories-fat/90699 "2001-10-31T14:01:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 31, 2001, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-for-calories-fat/90699/1 "2001-10-31T14:01:49Z")

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Say I were to consume 500 Calories in excess of my energy needs ( a 125g bar of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk would do that, IIRC) at 1pm, how long would it take for this to deposit itself in my already-too-flabby flabby bits? Are we talking hours, days or what?